#9EA4BC#9EA4BC

#9EA4BC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.035 H 274.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EA4BC
RGB	rgb(158, 164, 188)
HSL	hsl(228, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(228, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 12.8%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.61, 2.86, -13.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.61, 13.35, 282.39°)
OKLab	oklab(72.18% 0.0027 -0.0353)
OKLCH	oklch(72.18% 0.035 274.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.4510, 37.4503, 52.8754)
Luminance	0.3745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EA4BC #BCB69E

analogous

#9EB3BC #9EA4BC #A79EBC

triadic

#9EA4BC #BC9EA4 #A4BC9E

tetradic

#9EA4BC #BC9EB3 #BCB69E #9EBCA7

square

#9EA4BC #BC9EB3 #BCB69E #9EBCA7

split-complementary

#9EA4BC #BCA79E #B3BC9E

monochromatic

#5B6484 #7A82A3 #9EA4BC #C2C6D5 #E6E8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#9EA4BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#9EA4BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EA4BC

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EA4BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EA4BC	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA6BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA4BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97A8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ea4bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 164, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.035 274.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbbed0',
    500: '#9ea4bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ea4bc;
$custom-light: #bbbed0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ea4bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228,
    "s": 18.293,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72181,
    "c": 0.03544,
    "h": 274.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EA4BC

secondary

#E0DED6

accent

#8C499D

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111214

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EA4BC

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

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