#9EA3BB#9EA3BB

#9EA3BB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.035 H 276.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EA3BB
RGB	rgb(158, 163, 187)
HSL	hsl(230, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(230, 16%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 12.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.32, 3.20, -12.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.32, 13.32, 283.89°)
OKLab	oklab(71.94% 0.0038 -0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(71.94% 0.035 276.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.1653, 37.0508, 52.2502)
Luminance	0.3705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EA3BB #BBB69E

analogous

#9EB2BB #9EA3BB #A79EBB

triadic

#9EA3BB #BB9EA3 #A3BB9E

tetradic

#9EA3BB #BB9EB2 #BBB69E #9EBBA7

square

#9EA3BB #BB9EB2 #BBB69E #9EBBA7

split-complementary

#9EA3BB #BBA79E #B2BB9E

monochromatic

#5C6283 #7A81A2 #9EA3BB #C2C5D4 #E6E7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#9EA3BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#9EA3BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EA3BB

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EA3BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EA3BB	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA5BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA3BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98A7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ea3bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 163, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.035 276.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#babecf',
    500: '#9ea3bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ea3bb;
$custom-light: #babecf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ea3bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.655,
    "s": 17.576,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71937,
    "c": 0.03523,
    "h": 276.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EA3BB

secondary

#DFDDD6

accent

#8E4A9C

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111213

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EA3BB

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

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