#9EA9BC#9EA9BC

#9EA9BC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.030 H 261.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EA9BC
RGB	rgb(158, 169, 188)
HSL	hsl(218, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(218, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 10.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.95, 0.11, -11.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.95, 11.04, 270.57°)
OKLab	oklab(73.23% -0.0045 -0.0299)
OKLCH	oklch(73.23% 0.03 261.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.3635, 39.2752, 53.1796)
Luminance	0.3928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EA9BC #BCB19E

analogous

#9EB8BC #9EA9BC #A29EBC

triadic

#9EA9BC #BC9EA9 #A9BC9E

tetradic

#9EA9BC #BC9EB8 #BCB19E #9EBCA2

square

#9EA9BC #BC9EB8 #BCB19E #9EBCA2

split-complementary

#9EA9BC #BCA29E #B8BC9E

monochromatic

#5B6A84 #7A89A3 #9EA9BC #C2C9D5 #E6E9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#9EA9BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#9EA9BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EA9BC

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EA9BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EA9BC	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AABD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A7BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97ADAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ea9bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 169, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.030 261.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc2d0',
    500: '#9ea9bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ea9bc;
$custom-light: #bbc2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ea9bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218,
    "s": 18.293,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73229,
    "c": 0.0302,
    "h": 261.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EA9BC

secondary

#E0DCD6

accent

#7E499D

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111214

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EA9BC

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

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