#9EA0B4#9EA0B4

#9EA0B4 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.029 H 281.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EA0B4
RGB	rgb(158, 160, 180)
HSL	hsl(235, 13%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(235, 12%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 11.1%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.29, 3.35, -10.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.29, 11.08, 287.59°)
OKLab	oklab(71.07% 0.0056 -0.0285)
OKLCH	oklch(71.07% 0.029 281.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.9078, 35.7057, 48.2240)
Luminance	0.3571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EA0B4 #B4B29E

analogous

#9EABB4 #9EA0B4 #A79EB4

triadic

#9EA0B4 #B49EA0 #A0B49E

tetradic

#9EA0B4 #B49EAB #B4B29E #9EB4A7

square

#9EA0B4 #B49EAB #B4B29E #9EB4A7

split-complementary

#9EA0B4 #B4A79E #ABB49E

monochromatic

#5E617A #7B7E99 #9EA0B4 #C1C2CF #E3E4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#9EA0B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#9EA0B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EA0B4

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EA0B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EA0B4	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA2B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA0B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99A3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ea0b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 160, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.029 281.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#babcca',
    500: '#9ea0b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ea0b4;
$custom-light: #babcca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ea0b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.545,
    "s": 12.791,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71065,
    "c": 0.02904,
    "h": 281.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EA0B4

secondary

#DADAD3

accent

#904F97

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111213

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EA0B4

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

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