#9EA8BC#9EA8BC

#9EA8BC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.031 H 264.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EA8BC
RGB	rgb(158, 168, 188)
HSL	hsl(220, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(220, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 10.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.68, 0.66, -11.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.68, 11.46, 273.29°)
OKLab	oklab(73.02% -0.0031 -0.031)
OKLCH	oklch(73.02% 0.031 264.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.1781, 38.9046, 53.1178)
Luminance	0.3891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EA8BC #BCB29E

analogous

#9EB7BC #9EA8BC #A39EBC

triadic

#9EA8BC #BC9EA8 #A8BC9E

tetradic

#9EA8BC #BC9EB7 #BCB29E #9EBCA3

square

#9EA8BC #BC9EB7 #BCB29E #9EBCA3

split-complementary

#9EA8BC #BCA39E #B7BC9E

monochromatic

#5B6984 #7A88A3 #9EA8BC #C2C8D5 #E6E9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#9EA8BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#9EA8BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EA8BC

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EA8BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EA8BC	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A9BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA6BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97ACAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ea8bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 168, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.031 264.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc1d0',
    500: '#9ea8bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ea8bc;
$custom-light: #bbc1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ea8bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 18.293,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73019,
    "c": 0.03111,
    "h": 264.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EA8BC

secondary

#E0DCD6

accent

#81499D

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111214

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EA8BC

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

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