#9EA6BC#9EA6BC

#9EA6BC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.033 H 269.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EA6BC
RGB	rgb(158, 166, 188)
HSL	hsl(224, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(224, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 11.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.15, 1.76, -12.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.15, 12.37, 278.18°)
OKLab	oklab(72.6% -0.0002 -0.0331)
OKLCH	oklch(72.6% 0.033 269.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.8117, 38.1718, 52.9957)
Luminance	0.3817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EA6BC #BCB49E

analogous

#9EB5BC #9EA6BC #A59EBC

triadic

#9EA6BC #BC9EA6 #A6BC9E

tetradic

#9EA6BC #BC9EB5 #BCB49E #9EBCA5

square

#9EA6BC #BC9EB5 #BCB49E #9EBCA5

split-complementary

#9EA6BC #BCA59E #B5BC9E

monochromatic

#5B6684 #7A85A3 #9EA6BC #C2C7D5 #E6E8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#9EA6BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#9EA6BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EA6BC

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EA6BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EA6BC	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A7BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA5BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97AAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ea6bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 166, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.033 269.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc0d0',
    500: '#9ea6bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ea6bc;
$custom-light: #bbc0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ea6bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224,
    "s": 18.293,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72599,
    "c": 0.03315,
    "h": 269.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EA6BC

secondary

#E0DDD6

accent

#86499D

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111214

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EA6BC

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

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