#9EA2BE#9EA2BE

#9EA2BE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.041 H 278.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EA2BE
RGB	rgb(158, 162, 190)
HSL	hsl(233, 20%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(233, 17%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 14.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.15, 4.42, -14.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.15, 15.50, 286.56°)
OKLab	oklab(71.84% 0.0063 -0.0403)
OKLCH	oklch(71.84% 0.041 278.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.3130, 36.8269, 53.9004)
Luminance	0.3683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EA2BE #BEBA9E

analogous

#9EB2BE #9EA2BE #AA9EBE

triadic

#9EA2BE #BE9EA2 #A2BE9E

tetradic

#9EA2BE #BE9EB2 #BEBA9E #9EBEAA

square

#9EA2BE #BE9EB2 #BEBA9E #9EBEAA

split-complementary

#9EA2BE #BEAA9E #B2BE9E

monochromatic

#5B6087 #797FA5 #9EA2BE #C3C5D7 #E7E8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#9EA2BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#9EA2BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EA2BE

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EA2BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EA2BE	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA5BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A2BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97A7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ea2be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 162, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.041 278.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbbdd1',
    500: '#9ea2be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ea2be;
$custom-light: #bbbdd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ea2be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.5,
    "s": 19.753,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71838,
    "c": 0.04083,
    "h": 278.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EA2BE

secondary

#E1E0D7

accent

#93479E

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111214

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EA2BE

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

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