#9EA2B6#9EA2B6

#9EA2B6 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.029 H 276.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EA2B6
RGB	rgb(158, 162, 182)
HSL	hsl(230, 14%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(230, 13%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 11%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.89, 2.67, -10.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.89, 11.11, 283.89°)
OKLab	oklab(71.55% 0.0034 -0.0291)
OKLCH	oklch(71.55% 0.029 276.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.4625, 36.4868, 49.4212)
Luminance	0.3649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EA2B6 #B6B29E

analogous

#9EAEB6 #9EA2B6 #A69EB6

triadic

#9EA2B6 #B69EA2 #A2B69E

tetradic

#9EA2B6 #B69EAE #B6B29E #9EB6A6

square

#9EA2B6 #B69EAE #B6B29E #9EB6A6

split-complementary

#9EA2B6 #B6A69E #AEB69E

monochromatic

#5D637C #7B819C #9EA2B6 #C1C3D0 #E4E5EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#9EA2B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#9EA2B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EA2B6

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EA2B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EA2B6	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)

#9DA4B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA2B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99A5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ea2b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 162, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.029 276.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#babdcb',
    500: '#9ea2b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ea2b6;
$custom-light: #babdcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ea2b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230,
    "s": 14.118,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71552,
    "c": 0.02933,
    "h": 276.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EA2B6

secondary

#DCDAD4

accent

#8C4D98

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111213

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EA2B6

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

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