#9EAEBE#9EAEBE

#9EAEBE is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.029 H 248.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EAEBE
RGB	rgb(158, 174, 190)
HSL	hsl(210, 20%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(210, 17%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 8.4%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.36, -2.18, -10.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.36, 10.28, 257.73°)
OKLab	oklab(74.36% -0.0108 -0.0272)
OKLCH	oklch(74.36% 0.029 248.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.5286, 41.2581, 54.6389)
Luminance	0.4126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9EAEBE #BEAE9E

analogous

#9EBEBE #9EAEBE #9E9EBE

triadic

#9EAEBE #BE9EAE #AEBE9E

tetradic

#9EAEBE #BE9EBE #BEAE9E #9EBE9E

square

#9EAEBE #BE9EBE #BEAE9E #9EBE9E

split-complementary

#9EAEBE #BE9E9E #BEBE9E

monochromatic

#5B7187 #798FA5 #9EAEBE #C3CDD7 #E7EBEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#9EAEBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#9EAEBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EAEBE

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EAEBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EAEBE	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8AEBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4ABBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96B2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eaebe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 174, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.029 248.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc6d1',
    500: '#9eaebe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eaebe;
$custom-light: #bbc6d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eaebe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 19.753,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74355,
    "c": 0.02926,
    "h": 248.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EAEBE

secondary

#E1DCD7

accent

#73479E

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F8F9

border

#D0D1D2

text

#111314

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EAEBE

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

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