#9EA5CE#9EA5CE

#9EA5CE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.060 H 277.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EA5CE
RGB	rgb(158, 165, 206)
HSL	hsl(231, 33%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(231, 23%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 19.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.49, 6.41, -21.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.49, 22.62, 286.45°)
OKLab	oklab(73.06% 0.0076 -0.0594)
OKLCH	oklch(73.06% 0.06 277.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.6934, 38.6348, 63.7992)
Luminance	0.3864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EA5CE #CEC79E

analogous

#9EBDCE #9EA5CE #AF9ECE

triadic

#9EA5CE #CE9EA5 #A5CE9E

tetradic

#9EA5CE #CE9EBD #CEC79E #9ECEAF

square

#9EA5CE #CE9EBD #CEC79E #9ECEAF

split-complementary

#9EA5CE #CEAF9E #BDCE9E

monochromatic

#515DA1 #757FB9 #9EA5CE #C7CBE3 #EBECF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#9EA5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#9EA5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EA5CE

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EA5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EA5CE	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA9D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A5CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93ACB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ea5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 165, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.060 277.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbbfdd',
    500: '#9ea5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ea5ce;
$custom-light: #bbbfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ea5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.25,
    "s": 32.877,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73064,
    "c": 0.05992,
    "h": 277.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EA5CE

secondary

#EAE8DE

accent

#9B3AAC

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F7FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121215

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EA5CE

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

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