#9EA2BD#9EA2BD

#9EA2BD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.039 H 278.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EA2BD
RGB	rgb(158, 162, 189)
HSL	hsl(232, 19%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(232, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 14.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.11, 4.19, -14.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.11, 14.95, 286.30°)
OKLab	oklab(71.8% 0.006 -0.0389)
OKLCH	oklch(71.8% 0.039 278.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.2041, 36.7834, 53.3267)
Luminance	0.3678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EA2BD #BDB99E

analogous

#9EB1BD #9EA2BD #A99EBD

triadic

#9EA2BD #BD9EA2 #A2BD9E

tetradic

#9EA2BD #BD9EB1 #BDB99E #9EBDA9

square

#9EA2BD #BD9EB1 #BDB99E #9EBDA9

split-complementary

#9EA2BD #BDA99E #B1BD9E

monochromatic

#5B6086 #7A7FA4 #9EA2BD #C2C5D6 #E7E8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#9EA2BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#9EA2BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EA2BD

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EA2BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EA2BD	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA4BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A2BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97A7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ea2bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 162, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.039 278.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbbdd0',
    500: '#9ea2bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ea2bd;
$custom-light: #bbbdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ea2bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.258,
    "s": 19.018,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71801,
    "c": 0.03938,
    "h": 278.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EA2BD

secondary

#E0DFD7

accent

#92489D

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111214

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EA2BD

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

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