#9EA5BB#9EA5BB

#9EA5BB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.033 H 271.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EA5BB
RGB	rgb(158, 165, 187)
HSL	hsl(226, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(226, 16%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 11.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.85, 2.09, -12.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.85, 12.31, 279.78°)
OKLab	oklab(72.36% 0.0009 -0.0328)
OKLCH	oklch(72.36% 0.033 271.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.5232, 37.7667, 52.3695)
Luminance	0.3777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EA5BB #BBB49E

analogous

#9EB4BB #9EA5BB #A59EBB

triadic

#9EA5BB #BB9EA5 #A5BB9E

tetradic

#9EA5BB #BB9EB4 #BBB49E #9EBBA5

square

#9EA5BB #BB9EB4 #BBB49E #9EBBA5

split-complementary

#9EA5BB #BBA59E #B4BB9E

monochromatic

#5C6583 #7A84A2 #9EA5BB #C2C6D4 #E6E8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#9EA5BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#9EA5BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EA5BB

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EA5BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EA5BB	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA7BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA4BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97A9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ea5bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 165, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.033 271.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#babfcf',
    500: '#9ea5bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ea5bb;
$custom-light: #babfcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ea5bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.517,
    "s": 17.576,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72355,
    "c": 0.03285,
    "h": 271.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EA5BB

secondary

#DFDDD6

accent

#884A9C

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111213

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EA5BB

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

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