#9EA3CE#9EA3CE

#9EA3CE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.063 H 279.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EA3CE
RGB	rgb(158, 163, 206)
HSL	hsl(234, 33%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(234, 23%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 20.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.96, 7.52, -22.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.96, 23.72, 288.49°)
OKLab	oklab(72.66% 0.0104 -0.0617)
OKLCH	oklch(72.66% 0.063 279.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.3355, 37.9189, 63.6799)
Luminance	0.3792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EA3CE #CEC99E

analogous

#9EBBCE #9EA3CE #B19ECE

triadic

#9EA3CE #CE9EA3 #A3CE9E

tetradic

#9EA3CE #CE9EBB #CEC99E #9ECEB1

square

#9EA3CE #CE9EBB #CEC99E #9ECEB1

split-complementary

#9EA3CE #CEB19E #BBCE9E

monochromatic

#5159A1 #757CB9 #9EA3CE #C7CAE3 #EBECF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#9EA3CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#9EA3CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EA3CE

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EA3CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EA3CE	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A7D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A4CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93ABB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ea3ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 163, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.063 279.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbbedd',
    500: '#9ea3ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ea3ce;
$custom-light: #bbbedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ea3ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.75,
    "s": 32.877,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72655,
    "c": 0.06254,
    "h": 279.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EA3CE

secondary

#EAE9DE

accent

#A03AAC

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121215

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EA3CE

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

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