#9099BB#9099BB

#9099BB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.051 H 273.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9099BB
RGB	rgb(144, 153, 187)
HSL	hsl(227, 24%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(227, 23%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 18.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.59, 4.27, -18.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.59, 19.15, 282.89°)
OKLab	oklab(68.76% 0.003 -0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(68.76% 0.051 273.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.8602, 32.2989, 51.5598)
Luminance	0.3230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9099BB #BBB290

analogous

#90AEBB #9099BB #9D90BB

triadic

#9099BB #BB9099 #99BB90

tetradic

#9099BB #BB90AE #BBB290 #90BB9D

square

#9099BB #BB90AE #BBB290 #90BB9D

split-complementary

#9099BB #BB9D90 #AEBB90

monochromatic

#4F5A81 #6A76A4 #9099BB #B6BCD2 #DCDFE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#9099BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#9099BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9099BB

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9099BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9099BB	1.00	2.82	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F9CBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C98BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#869FA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9099bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(144, 153, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.051 273.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1b7cf',
    500: '#9099bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9099bb;
$custom-light: #b1b7cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9099bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 144,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.442,
    "s": 24.022,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68761,
    "c": 0.05114,
    "h": 273.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9099BB

secondary

#DBD8CC

accent

#8F43A3

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F5F6F9

border

#CFD0D2

text

#101113

muted

#7F8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #9099BB

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

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