#9EAABC#9EAABC

#9EAABC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.029 H 258.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EAABC
RGB	rgb(158, 170, 188)
HSL	hsl(216, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(216, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 9.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.22, -0.44, -10.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.22, 10.65, 267.64°)
OKLab	oklab(73.44% -0.0059 -0.0288)
OKLCH	oklch(73.44% 0.029 258.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.5502, 39.6487, 53.2418)
Luminance	0.3965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EAABC #BCB09E

analogous

#9EB9BC #9EAABC #A19EBC

triadic

#9EAABC #BC9EAA #AABC9E

tetradic

#9EAABC #BC9EB9 #BCB09E #9EBCA1

square

#9EAABC #BC9EB9 #BCB09E #9EBCA1

split-complementary

#9EAABC #BCA19E #B9BC9E

monochromatic

#5B6C84 #7A8AA3 #9EAABC #C2CAD5 #E6E9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#9EAABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#9EAABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EAABC

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EAABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EAABC	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4ABBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A8BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97AEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eaabc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 170, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.029 258.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc3d0',
    500: '#9eaabc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eaabc;
$custom-light: #bbc3d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eaabc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216,
    "s": 18.293,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7344,
    "c": 0.02937,
    "h": 258.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EAABC

secondary

#E0DCD6

accent

#7B499D

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111214

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EAABC

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

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