#9EA4AE#9EA4AE

#9EA4AE is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.016 H 260.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EA4AE
RGB	rgb(158, 164, 174)
HSL	hsl(218, 9%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(218, 9%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 5.7%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.18, -0.12, -5.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.18, 5.90, 268.84°)
OKLab	oklab(71.7% -0.0026 -0.0158)
OKLCH	oklch(71.7% 0.016 260.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.0144, 36.8757, 45.3092)
Luminance	0.3688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EA4AE #AEA89E

analogous

#9EACAE #9EA4AE #A09EAE

triadic

#9EA4AE #AE9EA4 #A4AE9E

tetradic

#9EA4AE #AE9EAC #AEA89E #9EAEA0

square

#9EA4AE #AE9EAC #AEA89E #9EAEA0

split-complementary

#9EA4AE #AEA09E #ACAE9E

monochromatic

#5F6672 #7D8592 #9EA4AE #BFC3CA #E1E3E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#9EA4AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#9EA4AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EA4AE

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EA4AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EA4AE	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A4AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA3AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9AA6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ea4ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 164, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.016 260.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#babec6',
    500: '#9ea4ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ea4ae;
$custom-light: #babec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ea4ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.5,
    "s": 8.989,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71702,
    "c": 0.01603,
    "h": 260.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EA4AE

secondary

#D7D5D1

accent

#7B5393

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111213

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EA4AE

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

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