#9EA8D1#9EA8D1

#9EA8D1 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.060 H 274.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EA8D1
RGB	rgb(158, 168, 209)
HSL	hsl(228, 36%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(228, 24%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.4%, 19.6%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.38, 5.44, -21.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.38, 22.65, 283.91°)
OKLab	oklab(73.8% 0.0044 -0.0603)
OKLCH	oklch(73.8% 0.06 274.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.6088, 39.8768, 65.9194)
Luminance	0.3988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EA8D1 #D1C79E

analogous

#9EC2D1 #9EA8D1 #AE9ED1

triadic

#9EA8D1 #D19EA8 #A8D19E

tetradic

#9EA8D1 #D19EC2 #D1C79E #9ED1AE

square

#9EA8D1 #D19EC2 #D1C79E #9ED1AE

split-complementary

#9EA8D1 #D1AE9E #C2D19E

monochromatic

#4F60A6 #7483BD #9EA8D1 #C8CDE5 #EAECF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#9EA8D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#9EA8D1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EA8D1

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EA8D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EA8D1	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CACD3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A8D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91B0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ea8d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 168, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.060 274.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc1df',
    500: '#9ea8d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ea8d1;
$custom-light: #bbc1df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ea8d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.235,
    "s": 35.664,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73798,
    "c": 0.06042,
    "h": 274.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EA8D1

secondary

#ECE9DF

accent

#9737AF

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F7FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121215

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EA8D1

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

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