#9EA4BB#9EA4BB

#9EA4BB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.034 H 273.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EA4BB
RGB	rgb(158, 164, 187)
HSL	hsl(228, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(228, 16%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 12.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.58, 2.65, -12.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.58, 12.81, 281.92°)
OKLab	oklab(72.15% 0.0023 -0.0339)
OKLCH	oklch(72.15% 0.034 273.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.3436, 37.4074, 52.3097)
Luminance	0.3741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EA4BB #BBB59E

analogous

#9EB3BB #9EA4BB #A69EBB

triadic

#9EA4BB #BB9EA4 #A4BB9E

tetradic

#9EA4BB #BB9EB3 #BBB59E #9EBBA6

square

#9EA4BB #BB9EB3 #BBB59E #9EBBA6

split-complementary

#9EA4BB #BBA69E #B3BB9E

monochromatic

#5C6483 #7A82A2 #9EA4BB #C2C6D4 #E6E8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#9EA4BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#9EA4BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EA4BB

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EA4BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EA4BB	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA6BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA4BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98A8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ea4bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 164, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.034 273.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#babecf',
    500: '#9ea4bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ea4bb;
$custom-light: #babecf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ea4bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.586,
    "s": 17.576,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72146,
    "c": 0.03402,
    "h": 273.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EA4BB

secondary

#DFDDD6

accent

#8B4A9C

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111213

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EA4BB

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →