#9EA9CD#9EA9CD

#9EA9CD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.054 H 271.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EA9CD
RGB	rgb(158, 169, 205)
HSL	hsl(226, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(226, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 17.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.51, 3.95, -19.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.51, 19.98, 281.40°)
OKLab	oklab(73.85% 0.0016 -0.0536)
OKLCH	oklch(73.85% 0.054 271.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.3051, 40.0519, 63.4057)
Luminance	0.4005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EA9CD #CDC29E

analogous

#9EC0CD #9EA9CD #AA9ECD

triadic

#9EA9CD #CD9EA9 #A9CD9E

tetradic

#9EA9CD #CD9EC0 #CDC29E #9ECDAA

square

#9EA9CD #CD9EC0 #CDC29E #9ECDAA

split-complementary

#9EA9CD #CDAA9E #C0CD9E

monochromatic

#52649F #7685B8 #9EA9CD #C6CDE2 #EBEDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#9EA9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#9EA9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EA9CD

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EA9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EA9CD	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FACCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA8CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93B0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ea9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 169, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.054 271.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc2dc',
    500: '#9ea9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ea9cd;
$custom-light: #bbc2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ea9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.957,
    "s": 31.973,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73849,
    "c": 0.05358,
    "h": 271.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EA9CD

secondary

#EAE7DD

accent

#913BAB

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F7FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121215

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EA9CD

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

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