#9EA0BC#9EA0BC

#9EA0BC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.041 H 282.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EA0BC
RGB	rgb(158, 160, 188)
HSL	hsl(236, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(236, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 14.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.55, 5.09, -14.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.55, 15.50, 289.16°)
OKLab	oklab(71.35% 0.0085 -0.0397)
OKLCH	oklch(71.35% 0.041 282.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.7464, 36.0411, 52.6405)
Luminance	0.3604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EA0BC #BCBA9E

analogous

#9EAFBC #9EA0BC #AB9EBC

triadic

#9EA0BC #BC9EA0 #A0BC9E

tetradic

#9EA0BC #BC9EAF #BCBA9E #9EBCAB

square

#9EA0BC #BC9EAF #BCBA9E #9EBCAB

split-complementary

#9EA0BC #BCAB9E #AFBC9E

monochromatic

#5B5E84 #7A7DA3 #9EA0BC #C2C3D5 #E6E7EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#9EA0BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#9EA0BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EA0BC

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EA0BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EA0BC	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A3BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A1BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98A5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ea0bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 160, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.041 282.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbbcd0',
    500: '#9ea0bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ea0bc;
$custom-light: #bbbcd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ea0bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236,
    "s": 18.293,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71351,
    "c": 0.04063,
    "h": 282.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EA0BC

secondary

#E0DFD6

accent

#97499D

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111214

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EA0BC

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

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