#9EA1BF#9EA1BF

#9EA1BF is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.044 H 280.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EA1BF
RGB	rgb(158, 161, 191)
HSL	hsl(235, 20%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(235, 17%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 15.7%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.92, 5.20, -15.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.92, 16.60, 288.25°)
OKLab	oklab(71.67% 0.0081 -0.0428)
OKLCH	oklch(71.67% 0.044 280.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.2472, 36.5199, 54.4195)
Luminance	0.3652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EA1BF #BFBC9E

analogous

#9EB1BF #9EA1BF #AB9EBF

triadic

#9EA1BF #BF9EA1 #A1BF9E

tetradic

#9EA1BF #BF9EB1 #BFBC9E #9EBFAB

square

#9EA1BF #BF9EB1 #BFBC9E #9EBFAB

split-complementary

#9EA1BF #BFAB9E #B1BF9E

monochromatic

#5A5E89 #797DA7 #9EA1BF #C3C5D7 #E8E8F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#9EA1BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#9EA1BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EA1BF

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EA1BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EA1BF	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A4C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A2BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97A6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ea1bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 161, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.044 280.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbbcd2',
    500: '#9ea1bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ea1bf;
$custom-light: #bbbcd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ea1bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.545,
    "s": 20.497,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71668,
    "c": 0.0436,
    "h": 280.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EA1BF

secondary

#E1E0D7

accent

#97479F

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111214

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EA1BF

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

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