#9EA8B0#9EA8B0

#9EA8B0 is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.016 H 241.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EA8B0
RGB	rgb(158, 168, 176)
HSL	hsl(207, 10%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(207, 10%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 4.5%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.32, -1.90, -5.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.32, 5.65, 250.41°)
OKLab	oklab(72.61% -0.0076 -0.0143)
OKLCH	oklch(72.61% 0.016 241.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.9379, 38.4085, 46.5861)
Luminance	0.3841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EA8B0 #B0A69E

analogous

#9EB0AF #9EA8B0 #9E9FB0

triadic

#9EA8B0 #B09EA8 #A8B09E

tetradic

#9EA8B0 #AF9EB0 #B0A69E #9FB09E

square

#9EA8B0 #AF9EB0 #B0A69E #9FB09E

split-complementary

#9EA8B0 #B09E9F #B0AF9E

monochromatic

#5F6B75 #7C8A95 #9EA8B0 #C0C6CB #E1E5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#9EA8B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#9EA8B0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EA8B0

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EA8B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EA8B0	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A8B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A6B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9AAAAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ea8b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 168, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.016 241.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bac1c7',
    500: '#9ea8b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ea8b0;
$custom-light: #bac1c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ea8b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.667,
    "s": 10.227,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72615,
    "c": 0.01623,
    "h": 241.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EA8B0

secondary

#D8D5D2

accent

#6F5194

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F7F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111213

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EA8B0

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

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