#9EA3BC#9EA3BC

#9EA3BC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.037 H 276.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EA3BC
RGB	rgb(158, 163, 188)
HSL	hsl(230, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(230, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 13.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.35, 3.42, -13.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.35, 13.87, 284.27°)
OKLab	oklab(71.97% 0.0042 -0.0364)
OKLCH	oklch(71.97% 0.037 276.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.2728, 37.0938, 52.8160)
Luminance	0.3709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EA3BC #BCB79E

analogous

#9EB2BC #9EA3BC #A89EBC

triadic

#9EA3BC #BC9EA3 #A3BC9E

tetradic

#9EA3BC #BC9EB2 #BCB79E #9EBCA8

square

#9EA3BC #BC9EB2 #BCB79E #9EBCA8

split-complementary

#9EA3BC #BCA89E #B2BC9E

monochromatic

#5B6284 #7A81A3 #9EA3BC #C2C5D5 #E6E8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#9EA3BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#9EA3BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EA3BC

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EA3BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EA3BC	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA5BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA3BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97A7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ea3bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 163, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.037 276.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbbed0',
    500: '#9ea3bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ea3bc;
$custom-light: #bbbed0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ea3bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230,
    "s": 18.293,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71973,
    "c": 0.03667,
    "h": 276.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EA3BC

secondary

#E0DED6

accent

#8F499D

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111214

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EA3BC

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

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