#9EA0B2#9EA0B2

#9EA0B2 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.026 H 280.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EA0B2
RGB	rgb(158, 160, 178)
HSL	hsl(234, 11%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(234, 11%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.2%, 10.1%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.23, 2.92, -9.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.23, 9.98, 287.04°)
OKLab	oklab(71% 0.0048 -0.0257)
OKLCH	oklch(71% 0.026 280.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.7055, 35.6248, 47.1587)
Luminance	0.3563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EA0B2 #B2B09E

analogous

#9EAAB2 #9EA0B2 #A69EB2

triadic

#9EA0B2 #B29EA0 #A0B29E

tetradic

#9EA0B2 #B29EAA #B2B09E #9EB2A6

square

#9EA0B2 #B29EAA #B2B09E #9EB2A6

split-complementary

#9EA0B2 #B2A69E #AAB29E

monochromatic

#5F6177 #7C7F97 #9EA0B2 #C0C1CD #E2E3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#9EA0B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#9EA0B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EA0B2

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EA0B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EA0B2	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA2B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA0B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9AA3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ea0b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 160, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.026 280.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#babcc9',
    500: '#9ea0b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ea0b2;
$custom-light: #babcc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ea0b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234,
    "s": 11.494,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70996,
    "c": 0.02615,
    "h": 280.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EA0B2

secondary

#D9D9D3

accent

#8F5096

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111213

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EA0B2

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

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