#9EA8B2#9EA8B2

#9EA8B2 is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.018 H 248.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EA8B2
RGB	rgb(158, 168, 178)
HSL	hsl(210, 11%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(210, 11%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.2%, 5.6%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.38, -1.48, -6.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.38, 6.52, 256.88°)
OKLab	oklab(72.68% -0.0069 -0.0171)
OKLCH	oklch(72.68% 0.018 248.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.1373, 38.4882, 47.6359)
Luminance	0.3849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EA8B2 #B2A89E

analogous

#9EB2B2 #9EA8B2 #9E9EB2

triadic

#9EA8B2 #B29EA8 #A8B29E

tetradic

#9EA8B2 #B29EB2 #B2A89E #9EB29E

square

#9EA8B2 #B29EB2 #B2A89E #9EB29E

split-complementary

#9EA8B2 #B29E9E #B2B29E

monochromatic

#5F6B77 #7C8997 #9EA8B2 #C0C7CD #E2E5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#9EA8B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#9EA8B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EA8B2

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EA8B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EA8B2	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A8B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A6B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99AAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ea8b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 168, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.018 248.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bac1c9',
    500: '#9ea8b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ea8b2;
$custom-light: #bac1c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ea8b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 11.494,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7268,
    "c": 0.0184,
    "h": 248.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EA8B2

secondary

#D9D6D3

accent

#735096

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F7F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111213

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EA8B2

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

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