#9EA2BC#9EA2BC

#9EA2BC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.038 H 278.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EA2BC
RGB	rgb(158, 162, 188)
HSL	hsl(232, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(232, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 13.8%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.08, 3.97, -13.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.08, 14.40, 286.02°)
OKLab	oklab(71.77% 0.0056 -0.0375)
OKLCH	oklch(71.77% 0.038 278.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.0959, 36.7401, 52.7570)
Luminance	0.3674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EA2BC #BCB89E

analogous

#9EB1BC #9EA2BC #A99EBC

triadic

#9EA2BC #BC9EA2 #A2BC9E

tetradic

#9EA2BC #BC9EB1 #BCB89E #9EBCA9

square

#9EA2BC #BC9EB1 #BCB89E #9EBCA9

split-complementary

#9EA2BC #BCA99E #B1BC9E

monochromatic

#5B6184 #7A7FA3 #9EA2BC #C2C5D5 #E6E7EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#9EA2BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#9EA2BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EA2BC

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EA2BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EA2BC	1.00	2.52	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA4BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA2BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97A6AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ea2bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 162, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.038 278.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbbdd0',
    500: '#9ea2bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ea2bc;
$custom-light: #bbbdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ea2bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232,
    "s": 18.293,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71765,
    "c": 0.03795,
    "h": 278.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EA2BC

secondary

#E0DED6

accent

#91499D

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111214

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EA2BC

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

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