#9EA9BB#9EA9BB

#9EA9BB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.029 H 260.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EA9BB
RGB	rgb(158, 169, 187)
HSL	hsl(217, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(217, 16%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 9.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.92, -0.11, -10.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.92, 10.53, 269.41°)
OKLab	oklab(73.19% -0.0049 -0.0285)
OKLCH	oklch(73.19% 0.029 260.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.2560, 39.2322, 52.6138)
Luminance	0.3923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EA9BB #BBB09E

analogous

#9EB8BB #9EA9BB #A19EBB

triadic

#9EA9BB #BB9EA9 #A9BB9E

tetradic

#9EA9BB #BB9EB8 #BBB09E #9EBBA1

square

#9EA9BB #BB9EB8 #BBB09E #9EBBA1

split-complementary

#9EA9BB #BBA19E #B8BB9E

monochromatic

#5C6B83 #7A89A2 #9EA9BB #C2C9D4 #E6E9ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#9EA9BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#9EA9BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EA9BB

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EA9BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EA9BB	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AABC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A7BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97ADAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ea9bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 169, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.029 260.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bac2cf',
    500: '#9ea9bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ea9bb;
$custom-light: #bac2cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ea9bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.241,
    "s": 17.576,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73194,
    "c": 0.02888,
    "h": 260.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EA9BB

secondary

#DFDBD6

accent

#7D4A9C

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111213

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EA9BB

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

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