#9EA5BF#9EA5BF

#9EA5BF is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.038 H 273.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EA5BF
RGB	rgb(158, 165, 191)
HSL	hsl(227, 20%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(227, 17%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 13.6%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.98, 2.97, -14.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.98, 14.47, 281.86°)
OKLab	oklab(72.5% 0.0024 -0.0384)
OKLCH	oklch(72.5% 0.039 273.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.9574, 37.9403, 54.6562)
Luminance	0.3794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EA5BF #BFB89E

analogous

#9EB5BF #9EA5BF #A79EBF

triadic

#9EA5BF #BF9EA5 #A5BF9E

tetradic

#9EA5BF #BF9EB5 #BFB89E #9EBFA7

square

#9EA5BF #BF9EB5 #BFB89E #9EBFA7

split-complementary

#9EA5BF #BFA79E #B5BF9E

monochromatic

#5A6489 #7983A7 #9EA5BF #C3C7D7 #E8E9F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#9EA5BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#9EA5BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EA5BF

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EA5BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EA5BF	1.00	2.45	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA7C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA4BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97AAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ea5bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 165, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.038 273.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbbfd2',
    500: '#9ea5bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ea5bf;
$custom-light: #bbbfd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ea5bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.273,
    "s": 20.497,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72498,
    "c": 0.0385,
    "h": 273.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EA5BF

secondary

#E1DFD7

accent

#8C479F

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111214

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EA5BF

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

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