#9EA8B4#9EA8B4

#9EA8B4 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.021 H 252.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EA8B4
RGB	rgb(158, 168, 180)
HSL	hsl(213, 13%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(213, 12%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 6.7%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.44, -1.06, -7.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.44, 7.45, 261.82°)
OKLab	oklab(72.75% -0.0061 -0.0198)
OKLCH	oklch(72.75% 0.021 252.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.3395, 38.5691, 48.7012)
Luminance	0.3857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EA8B4 #B4AA9E

analogous

#9EB3B4 #9EA8B4 #9F9EB4

triadic

#9EA8B4 #B49EA8 #A8B49E

tetradic

#9EA8B4 #B49EB3 #B4AA9E #9EB49F

square

#9EA8B4 #B49EB3 #B4AA9E #9EB49F

split-complementary

#9EA8B4 #B49F9E #B3B49E

monochromatic

#5E6B7A #7B8999 #9EA8B4 #C1C7CF #E3E6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#9EA8B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#9EA8B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EA8B4

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EA8B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EA8B4	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A8B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A6B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99ABAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ea8b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 168, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.021 252.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bac1ca',
    500: '#9ea8b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ea8b4;
$custom-light: #bac1ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ea8b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.727,
    "s": 12.791,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72746,
    "c": 0.02075,
    "h": 252.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EA8B4

secondary

#DAD7D3

accent

#764F97

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F7F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111213

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EA8B4

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

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