#9EA5BD#9EA5BD

#9EA5BD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.036 H 272.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EA5BD
RGB	rgb(158, 165, 189)
HSL	hsl(226, 19%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(226, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 12.7%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.91, 2.53, -13.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.91, 13.39, 280.90°)
OKLab	oklab(72.43% 0.0016 -0.0356)
OKLCH	oklch(72.43% 0.036 272.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.7388, 37.8529, 53.5050)
Luminance	0.3785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EA5BD #BDB69E

analogous

#9EB4BD #9EA5BD #A69EBD

triadic

#9EA5BD #BD9EA5 #A5BD9E

tetradic

#9EA5BD #BD9EB4 #BDB69E #9EBDA6

square

#9EA5BD #BD9EB4 #BDB69E #9EBDA6

split-complementary

#9EA5BD #BDA69E #B4BD9E

monochromatic

#5B6586 #7A83A4 #9EA5BD #C2C7D6 #E7E9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#9EA5BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#9EA5BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EA5BD

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EA5BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EA5BD	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA7BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA4BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97A9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ea5bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 165, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.036 272.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbbfd0',
    500: '#9ea5bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ea5bd;
$custom-light: #bbbfd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ea5bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.452,
    "s": 19.018,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72426,
    "c": 0.03568,
    "h": 272.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EA5BD

secondary

#E0DED7

accent

#8A489D

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111214

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EA5BD

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

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