#9499CD#9499CD

#9499CD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.076 H 280.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9499CD
RGB	rgb(148, 153, 205)
HSL	hsl(235, 36%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(235, 28%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 25.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.55, 9.88, -27.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.55, 28.97, 289.93°)
OKLab	oklab(69.8% 0.0132 -0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(69.8% 0.076 280)
XYZ	xyz(34.6205, 33.4853, 62.3850)
Luminance	0.3349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9499CD #CDC894

analogous

#94B6CD #9499CD #AC94CD

triadic

#9499CD #CD9499 #99CD94

tetradic

#9499CD #CD94B6 #CDC894 #94CDAC

square

#9499CD #CD94B6 #CDC894 #94CDAC

split-complementary

#9499CD #CDAC94 #B6CD94

monochromatic

#49519D #6A71BA #9499CD #BEC1E0 #E7E9F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#9499CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#9499CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9499CD

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9499CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9499CD	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9FCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879BCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86A2AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9499cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(148, 153, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.076 280.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4b7dc',
    500: '#9499cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9499cd;
$custom-light: #b4b7dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9499cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 148,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.737,
    "s": 36.306,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69805,
    "c": 0.07632,
    "h": 280
  },
  "luminance": 0.33486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9499CD

secondary

#E7E5D6

accent

#A536AF

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#111115

muted

#808083

Preview Lab

Preview with #9499CD

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

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