#9599BB#9599BB

#9599BB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.050 H 279.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9599BB
RGB	rgb(149, 153, 187)
HSL	hsl(234, 22%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(234, 20%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 18.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.97, 5.86, -18.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.97, 18.99, 287.99°)
OKLab	oklab(69.15% 0.0085 -0.0493)
OKLCH	oklch(69.15% 0.05 279.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.7531, 32.7593, 51.6016)
Luminance	0.3276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9599BB #BBB795

analogous

#95ACBB #9599BB #A495BB

triadic

#9599BB #BB9599 #99BB95

tetradic

#9599BB #BB95AC #BBB795 #95BBA4

square

#9599BB #BB95AC #BBB795 #95BBA4

split-complementary

#9599BB #BBA495 #ACBB95

monochromatic

#535882 #7075A3 #9599BB #BABDD3 #E0E1EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#9599BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#9599BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9599BB

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9599BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9599BB	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909CBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9ABA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C9FA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9599bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 153, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.050 279.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4b7cf',
    500: '#9599bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9599bb;
$custom-light: #b4b7cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9599bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.684,
    "s": 21.839,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69149,
    "c": 0.05001,
    "h": 279.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9599BB

secondary

#DCDBD0

accent

#9745A0

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111113

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #9599BB

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

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