#9EA2B8#9EA2B8

#9EA2B8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.032 H 277.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EA2B8
RGB	rgb(158, 162, 184)
HSL	hsl(231, 15%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(231, 14%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.1%, 12%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.95, 3.10, -11.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.95, 12.21, 284.71°)
OKLab	oklab(71.62% 0.0041 -0.0319)
OKLCH	oklch(71.62% 0.032 277.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.6707, 36.5700, 50.5175)
Luminance	0.3657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EA2B8 #B8B49E

analogous

#9EAFB8 #9EA2B8 #A79EB8

triadic

#9EA2B8 #B89EA2 #A2B89E

tetradic

#9EA2B8 #B89EAF #B8B49E #9EB8A7

square

#9EA2B8 #B89EAF #B8B49E #9EB8A7

split-complementary

#9EA2B8 #B8A79E #AFB89E

monochromatic

#5D627F #7B809E #9EA2B8 #C1C4D2 #E5E6EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#9EA2B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#9EA2B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EA2B8

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EA2B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EA2B8	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA4B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA2B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98A6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ea2b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 162, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.032 277.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#babdcd',
    500: '#9ea2b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ea2b8;
$custom-light: #babdcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ea2b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.769,
    "s": 15.476,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71622,
    "c": 0.0322,
    "h": 277.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EA2B8

secondary

#DDDCD5

accent

#8E4C9A

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111213

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EA2B8

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

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