#9EA2AE#9EA2AE

#9EA2AE is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.018 H 271.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EA2AE
RGB	rgb(158, 162, 174)
HSL	hsl(225, 9%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(225, 9%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 6.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.65, 0.98, -6.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.65, 6.76, 278.35°)
OKLab	oklab(71.28% 0.0004 -0.018)
OKLCH	oklch(71.28% 0.018 271.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.6593, 36.1655, 45.1908)
Luminance	0.3617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EA2AE #AEAA9E

analogous

#9EAAAE #9EA2AE #A29EAE

triadic

#9EA2AE #AE9EA2 #A2AE9E

tetradic

#9EA2AE #AE9EAA #AEAA9E #9EAEA2

square

#9EA2AE #AE9EAA #AEAA9E #9EAEA2

split-complementary

#9EA2AE #AEA29E #AAAE9E

monochromatic

#5F6472 #7D8292 #9EA2AE #BFC2CA #E1E2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#9EA2AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#9EA2AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EA2AE

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EA2AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EA2AE	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA3AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA1AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BA4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ea2ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 162, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.018 271.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#babdc6',
    500: '#9ea2ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ea2ae;
$custom-light: #babdc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ea2ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 8.989,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7128,
    "c": 0.01796,
    "h": 271.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EA2AE

secondary

#D7D5D1

accent

#835393

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111213

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EA2AE

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

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