#9EA4BE#9EA4BE

#9EA4BE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.038 H 275.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EA4BE
RGB	rgb(158, 164, 190)
HSL	hsl(229, 20%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(229, 17%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 13.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.68, 3.31, -14.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.68, 14.44, 283.24°)
OKLab	oklab(72.25% 0.0034 -0.0381)
OKLCH	oklch(72.25% 0.038 275.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.6681, 37.5372, 54.0187)
Luminance	0.3754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EA4BE #BEB89E

analogous

#9EB4BE #9EA4BE #A89EBE

triadic

#9EA4BE #BE9EA4 #A4BE9E

tetradic

#9EA4BE #BE9EB4 #BEB89E #9EBEA8

square

#9EA4BE #BE9EB4 #BEB89E #9EBEA8

split-complementary

#9EA4BE #BEA89E #B4BE9E

monochromatic

#5B6387 #7982A5 #9EA4BE #C3C6D7 #E7E9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#9EA4BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#9EA4BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EA4BE

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EA4BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EA4BE	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA6BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA4BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97A9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ea4be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 164, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.038 275.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbbed1',
    500: '#9ea4be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ea4be;
$custom-light: #bbbed1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ea4be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.75,
    "s": 19.753,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72253,
    "c": 0.03829,
    "h": 275.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EA4BE

secondary

#E1DFD7

accent

#8E479E

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111214

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EA4BE

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

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