#9EA0BA#9EA0BA

#9EA0BA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.038 H 281.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EA0BA
RGB	rgb(158, 160, 186)
HSL	hsl(236, 17%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(236, 15%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.1%, 14%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.49, 4.65, -13.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.49, 14.39, 288.83°)
OKLab	oklab(71.28% 0.0078 -0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(71.28% 0.038 281.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.5323, 35.9555, 51.5130)
Luminance	0.3596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EA0BA #BAB89E

analogous

#9EAEBA #9EA0BA #AA9EBA

triadic

#9EA0BA #BA9EA0 #A0BA9E

tetradic

#9EA0BA #BA9EAE #BAB89E #9EBAAA

square

#9EA0BA #BA9EAE #BAB89E #9EBAAA

split-complementary

#9EA0BA #BAAA9E #AEBA9E

monochromatic

#5C5F81 #7A7DA1 #9EA0BA #C2C3D3 #E6E6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#9EA0BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#9EA0BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EA0BA

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EA0BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EA0BA	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA3BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A1B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98A4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ea0ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 160, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.038 281.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#babcce',
    500: '#9ea0ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ea0ba;
$custom-light: #babcce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ea0ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.714,
    "s": 16.867,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71278,
    "c": 0.03773,
    "h": 281.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EA0BA

secondary

#DEDED6

accent

#954A9B

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111213

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EA0BA

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

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