#9EA9CE#9EA9CE

#9EA9CE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.055 H 272.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EA9CE
RGB	rgb(158, 169, 206)
HSL	hsl(226, 33%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(226, 23%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 18%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.54, 4.18, -20.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.54, 20.52, 281.76°)
OKLab	oklab(73.89% 0.002 -0.0549)
OKLCH	oklch(73.89% 0.055 272)
XYZ	xyz(39.4262, 40.1003, 64.0435)
Luminance	0.4010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EA9CE #CEC39E

analogous

#9EC1CE #9EA9CE #AB9ECE

triadic

#9EA9CE #CE9EA9 #A9CE9E

tetradic

#9EA9CE #CE9EC1 #CEC39E #9ECEAB

square

#9EA9CE #CE9EC1 #CEC39E #9ECEAB

split-complementary

#9EA9CE #CEAB9E #C1CE9E

monochromatic

#5163A1 #7585B9 #9EA9CE #C7CDE3 #EBEDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#9EA9CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#9EA9CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EA9CE

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EA9CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EA9CE	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EACD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA8CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92B0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ea9ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 169, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.055 272.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc2dd',
    500: '#9ea9ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ea9ce;
$custom-light: #bbc2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ea9ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.25,
    "s": 32.877,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73887,
    "c": 0.05498,
    "h": 272
  },
  "luminance": 0.40101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EA9CE

secondary

#EAE7DE

accent

#923AAC

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F7FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121215

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EA9CE

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

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