#9EA0BB#9EA0BB

#9EA0BB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.039 H 282.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EA0BB
RGB	rgb(158, 160, 187)
HSL	hsl(236, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(236, 16%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 14.4%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.52, 4.87, -14.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.52, 14.95, 289.00°)
OKLab	oklab(71.31% 0.0081 -0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(71.31% 0.039 282)
XYZ	xyz(35.6390, 35.9981, 52.0748)
Luminance	0.3600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EA0BB #BBB99E

analogous

#9EAEBB #9EA0BB #AA9EBB

triadic

#9EA0BB #BB9EA0 #A0BB9E

tetradic

#9EA0BB #BB9EAE #BBB99E #9EBBAA

square

#9EA0BB #BB9EAE #BBB99E #9EBBAA

split-complementary

#9EA0BB #BBAA9E #AEBB9E

monochromatic

#5C5E83 #7A7DA2 #9EA0BB #C2C3D4 #E6E6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#9EA0BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#9EA0BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EA0BB

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EA0BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EA0BB	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A3BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A1BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98A5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ea0bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 160, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.039 282.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbbccf',
    500: '#9ea0bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ea0bb;
$custom-light: #bbbccf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ea0bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.862,
    "s": 17.576,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71314,
    "c": 0.03918,
    "h": 282
  },
  "luminance": 0.35999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EA0BB

secondary

#DFDED6

accent

#964A9C

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111213

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EA0BB

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

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