#9EA0AE#9EA0AE

#9EA0AE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.020 H 279.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EA0AE
RGB	rgb(158, 160, 174)
HSL	hsl(233, 9%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(233, 9%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 8%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.11, 2.09, -7.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.11, 7.77, 285.58°)
OKLab	oklab(70.86% 0.0033 -0.0201)
OKLCH	oklch(70.86% 0.02 279.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.3098, 35.4665, 45.0743)
Luminance	0.3547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EA0AE #AEAC9E

analogous

#9EA8AE #9EA0AE #A49EAE

triadic

#9EA0AE #AE9EA0 #A0AE9E

tetradic

#9EA0AE #AE9EA8 #AEAC9E #9EAEA4

square

#9EA0AE #AE9EA8 #AEAC9E #9EAEA4

split-complementary

#9EA0AE #AEA49E #A8AE9E

monochromatic

#5F6272 #7D7F92 #9EA0AE #BFC1CA #E1E1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#9EA0AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#9EA0AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EA0AE

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EA0AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EA0AE	1.00	2.59	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA1AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA0AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BA2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ea0ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 160, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.020 279.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#babcc6',
    500: '#9ea0ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ea0ae;
$custom-light: #babcc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ea0ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.5,
    "s": 8.989,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7086,
    "c": 0.02038,
    "h": 279.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EA0AE

secondary

#D7D6D1

accent

#8B5393

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111213

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EA0AE

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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