#9EA5BC#9EA5BC

#9EA5BC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.034 H 272.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EA5BC
RGB	rgb(158, 165, 188)
HSL	hsl(226, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(226, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 12.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.88, 2.31, -12.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.88, 12.85, 280.36°)
OKLab	oklab(72.39% 0.0013 -0.0342)
OKLCH	oklch(72.39% 0.034 272.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.6307, 37.8096, 52.9353)
Luminance	0.3781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EA5BC #BCB59E

analogous

#9EB4BC #9EA5BC #A69EBC

triadic

#9EA5BC #BC9EA5 #A5BC9E

tetradic

#9EA5BC #BC9EB4 #BCB59E #9EBCA6

square

#9EA5BC #BC9EB4 #BCB59E #9EBCA6

split-complementary

#9EA5BC #BCA69E #B4BC9E

monochromatic

#5B6584 #7A83A3 #9EA5BC #C2C7D5 #E6E8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#9EA5BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#9EA5BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EA5BC

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EA5BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EA5BC	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA7BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA4BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97A9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ea5bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 165, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.034 272.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbbfd0',
    500: '#9ea5bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ea5bc;
$custom-light: #bbbfd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ea5bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226,
    "s": 18.293,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7239,
    "c": 0.03426,
    "h": 272.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EA5BC

secondary

#E0DDD6

accent

#89499D

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111214

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EA5BC

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

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