#9599BC#9599BC

#9599BC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.051 H 279.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9599BC
RGB	rgb(149, 153, 188)
HSL	hsl(234, 23%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(234, 21%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 18.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.00, 6.10, -18.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.00, 19.54, 288.18°)
OKLab	oklab(69.19% 0.0088 -0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(69.19% 0.051 279.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.8606, 32.8023, 52.1674)
Luminance	0.3280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9599BC #BCB895

analogous

#95ACBC #9599BC #A495BC

triadic

#9599BC #BC9599 #99BC95

tetradic

#9599BC #BC95AC #BCB895 #95BCA4

square

#9599BC #BC95AC #BCB895 #95BCA4

split-complementary

#9599BC #BCA495 #ACBC95

monochromatic

#535883 #7075A4 #9599BC #BABDD4 #E0E1EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#9599BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#9599BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9599BC

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9599BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9599BC	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909CBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9ABB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C9FA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9599bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 153, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.051 279.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4b7d0',
    500: '#9599bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9599bc;
$custom-light: #b4b7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9599bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.846,
    "s": 22.543,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69188,
    "c": 0.05147,
    "h": 279.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9599BC

secondary

#DDDBD0

accent

#9745A1

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111114

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #9599BC

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

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