#9EA3CB#9EA3CB

#9EA3CB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.058 H 279.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EA3CB
RGB	rgb(158, 163, 203)
HSL	hsl(233, 30%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(233, 22%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.2%, 19.7%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.85, 6.82, -21.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.85, 22.08, 287.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.54% 0.0094 -0.0575)
OKLCH	oklch(72.54% 0.058 279.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.9746, 37.7745, 61.7788)
Luminance	0.3777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EA3CB #CBC69E

analogous

#9EB9CB #9EA3CB #AF9ECB

triadic

#9EA3CB #CB9EA3 #A3CB9E

tetradic

#9EA3CB #CB9EB9 #CBC69E #9ECBAF

square

#9EA3CB #CB9EB9 #CBC69E #9ECBAF

split-complementary

#9EA3CB #CBAF9E #B9CB9E

monochromatic

#535B9B #767DB6 #9EA3CB #C6C9E0 #EBECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#9EA3CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#9EA3CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EA3CB

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EA3CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EA3CB	1.00	2.45	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.45	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)

#98A7CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A4CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94AAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ea3cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 163, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.058 279.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbbedb',
    500: '#9ea3cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ea3cb;
$custom-light: #bbbedb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ea3cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.333,
    "s": 30.201,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72536,
    "c": 0.05823,
    "h": 279.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EA3CB

secondary

#E8E7DC

accent

#9D3DA9

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#121215

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EA3CB

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

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