#9499BC#9499BC

#9499BC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.052 H 278.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9499BC
RGB	rgb(148, 153, 188)
HSL	hsl(233, 23%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(233, 21%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 18.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.92, 5.78, -18.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.92, 19.56, 287.18°)
OKLab	oklab(69.11% 0.0077 -0.0511)
OKLCH	oklch(69.11% 0.052 278.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.6788, 32.7086, 52.1589)
Luminance	0.3271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9499BC #BCB794

analogous

#94ADBC #9499BC #A394BC

triadic

#9499BC #BC9499 #99BC94

tetradic

#9499BC #BC94AD #BCB794 #94BCA3

square

#9499BC #BC94AD #BCB794 #94BCA3

split-complementary

#9499BC #BCA394 #ADBC94

monochromatic

#525883 #6E75A4 #9499BC #BABDD4 #DFE1EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#9499BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#9499BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9499BC

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9499BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9499BC	1.00	2.78	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909CBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9ABB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B9FA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9499bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(148, 153, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.052 278.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4b7d0',
    500: '#9499bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9499bc;
$custom-light: #b4b7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9499bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 148,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.5,
    "s": 22.989,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6911,
    "c": 0.05165,
    "h": 278.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9499BC

secondary

#DDDBCF

accent

#9644A1

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111114

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #9499BC

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

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