#9EA3CA#9EA3CA

#9EA3CA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.057 H 279.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EA3CA
RGB	rgb(158, 163, 202)
HSL	hsl(233, 29%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(233, 22%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 19.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.82, 6.59, -20.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.82, 21.53, 287.82°)
OKLab	oklab(72.5% 0.009 -0.0561)
OKLCH	oklch(72.5% 0.057 279.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.8558, 37.7270, 61.1532)
Luminance	0.3773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EA3CA #CAC59E

analogous

#9EB9CA #9EA3CA #AF9ECA

triadic

#9EA3CA #CA9EA3 #A3CA9E

tetradic

#9EA3CA #CA9EB9 #CAC59E #9ECAAF

square

#9EA3CA #CA9EB9 #CAC59E #9ECAAF

split-complementary

#9EA3CA #CAAF9E #B9CA9E

monochromatic

#545C9A #767DB4 #9EA3CA #C6C9E0 #EBECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#9EA3CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#9EA3CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EA3CA

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EA3CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EA3CA	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A7CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A4C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94AAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ea3ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 163, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.057 279.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbbeda',
    500: '#9ea3ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ea3ca;
$custom-light: #bbbeda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ea3ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.182,
    "s": 29.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72497,
    "c": 0.05679,
    "h": 279.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EA3CA

secondary

#E8E7DC

accent

#9C3EA8

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#121214

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EA3CA

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

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