#9EA8BB#9EA8BB

#9EA8BB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.030 H 263.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EA8BB
RGB	rgb(158, 168, 187)
HSL	hsl(219, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(219, 16%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 10.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.65, 0.44, -10.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.65, 10.94, 272.31°)
OKLab	oklab(72.98% -0.0034 -0.0296)
OKLCH	oklch(72.98% 0.03 263.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.0707, 38.8616, 52.5520)
Luminance	0.3886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EA8BB #BBB19E

analogous

#9EB7BB #9EA8BB #A29EBB

triadic

#9EA8BB #BB9EA8 #A8BB9E

tetradic

#9EA8BB #BB9EB7 #BBB19E #9EBBA2

square

#9EA8BB #BB9EB7 #BBB19E #9EBBA2

split-complementary

#9EA8BB #BBA29E #B7BB9E

monochromatic

#5C6983 #7A88A2 #9EA8BB #C2C8D4 #E6E9ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#9EA8BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#9EA8BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EA8BB

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EA8BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EA8BB	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A9BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A6BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97ACAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ea8bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 168, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.030 263.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bac1cf',
    500: '#9ea8bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ea8bb;
$custom-light: #bac1cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ea8bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.31,
    "s": 17.576,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72984,
    "c": 0.02976,
    "h": 263.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EA8BB

secondary

#DFDCD6

accent

#804A9C

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111213

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EA8BB

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

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