#9EA8BA#9EA8BA

#9EA8BA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.028 H 262.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EA8BA
RGB	rgb(158, 168, 186)
HSL	hsl(219, 17%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(219, 15%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.1%, 9.7%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.62, 0.22, -10.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.62, 10.43, 271.23°)
OKLab	oklab(72.95% -0.0038 -0.0282)
OKLCH	oklch(72.95% 0.028 262.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.9640, 38.8189, 51.9902)
Luminance	0.3882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EA8BA #BAB09E

analogous

#9EB6BA #9EA8BA #A29EBA

triadic

#9EA8BA #BA9EA8 #A8BA9E

tetradic

#9EA8BA #BA9EB6 #BAB09E #9EBAA2

square

#9EA8BA #BA9EB6 #BAB09E #9EBAA2

split-complementary

#9EA8BA #BAA29E #B6BA9E

monochromatic

#5C6981 #7A88A1 #9EA8BA #C2C8D3 #E6E8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#9EA8BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#9EA8BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EA8BA

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EA8BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EA8BA	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A9BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A6BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97ACAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ea8ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 168, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.028 262.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bac1ce',
    500: '#9ea8ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ea8ba;
$custom-light: #bac1ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ea8ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.571,
    "s": 16.867,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72949,
    "c": 0.02843,
    "h": 262.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EA8BA

secondary

#DEDBD6

accent

#7E4A9B

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111213

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EA8BA

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

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