#9EA4B8#9EA4B8

#9EA4B8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.030 H 272.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EA4B8
RGB	rgb(158, 164, 184)
HSL	hsl(226, 15%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(226, 14%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.1%, 10.9%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.49, 1.99, -11.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.49, 11.19, 280.26°)
OKLab	oklab(72.04% 0.0012 -0.0297)
OKLCH	oklch(72.04% 0.03 272.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.0258, 37.2802, 50.6359)
Luminance	0.3728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EA4B8 #B8B29E

analogous

#9EB1B8 #9EA4B8 #A59EB8

triadic

#9EA4B8 #B89EA4 #A4B89E

tetradic

#9EA4B8 #B89EB1 #B8B29E #9EB8A5

square

#9EA4B8 #B89EB1 #B8B29E #9EB8A5

split-complementary

#9EA4B8 #B8A59E #B1B89E

monochromatic

#5D657F #7B839E #9EA4B8 #C1C5D2 #E5E6EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#9EA4B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#9EA4B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EA4B8

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EA4B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EA4B8	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA5B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA3B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98A8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ea4b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 164, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.030 272.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#babecd',
    500: '#9ea4b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ea4b8;
$custom-light: #babecd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ea4b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.154,
    "s": 15.476,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7204,
    "c": 0.02978,
    "h": 272.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EA4B8

secondary

#DDDBD5

accent

#884C9A

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111213

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EA4B8

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

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