#9EA0B8#9EA0B8

#9EA0B8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.035 H 281.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EA0B8
RGB	rgb(158, 160, 184)
HSL	hsl(235, 15%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(235, 14%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.1%, 13%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.42, 4.21, -12.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.42, 13.29, 288.47°)
OKLab	oklab(71.21% 0.0071 -0.0341)
OKLCH	oklch(71.21% 0.035 281.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.3212, 35.8710, 50.4010)
Luminance	0.3587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EA0B8 #B8B69E

analogous

#9EADB8 #9EA0B8 #A99EB8

triadic

#9EA0B8 #B89EA0 #A0B89E

tetradic

#9EA0B8 #B89EAD #B8B69E #9EB8A9

square

#9EA0B8 #B89EAD #B8B69E #9EB8A9

split-complementary

#9EA0B8 #B8A99E #ADB89E

monochromatic

#5D5F7F #7B7D9E #9EA0B8 #C1C3D2 #E5E5EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#9EA0B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#9EA0B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EA0B8

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EA0B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EA0B8	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA2B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A1B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99A4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ea0b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 160, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.035 281.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#babccd',
    500: '#9ea0b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ea0b8;
$custom-light: #babccd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ea0b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.385,
    "s": 15.476,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71206,
    "c": 0.03483,
    "h": 281.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EA0B8

secondary

#DDDCD5

accent

#944C9A

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111213

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EA0B8

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

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