#9EA9BE#9EA9BE

#9EA9BE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.033 H 263.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EA9BE
RGB	rgb(158, 169, 190)
HSL	hsl(219, 20%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(219, 17%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 11.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.01, 0.55, -12.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.01, 12.06, 272.60°)
OKLab	oklab(73.3% -0.0037 -0.0326)
OKLCH	oklch(73.3% 0.033 263.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.5805, 39.3620, 54.3229)
Luminance	0.3936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EA9BE #BEB39E

analogous

#9EB9BE #9EA9BE #A39EBE

triadic

#9EA9BE #BE9EA9 #A9BE9E

tetradic

#9EA9BE #BE9EB9 #BEB39E #9EBEA3

square

#9EA9BE #BE9EB9 #BEB39E #9EBEA3

split-complementary

#9EA9BE #BEA39E #B9BE9E

monochromatic

#5B6A87 #7989A5 #9EA9BE #C3C9D7 #E7EAEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#9EA9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#9EA9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EA9BE

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EA9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EA9BE	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AABF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A7BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96ADB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ea9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 169, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.033 263.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc2d1',
    500: '#9ea9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ea9be;
$custom-light: #bbc2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ea9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.375,
    "s": 19.753,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73299,
    "c": 0.03285,
    "h": 263.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EA9BE

secondary

#E1DDD7

accent

#80479E

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111214

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EA9BE

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

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