#9599BE#9599BE

#9599BE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.054 H 280.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9599BE
RGB	rgb(149, 153, 190)
HSL	hsl(234, 24%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(234, 22%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.6%, 19.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.07, 6.56, -19.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.07, 20.65, 288.53°)
OKLab	oklab(69.27% 0.0095 -0.0535)
OKLCH	oklch(69.27% 0.054 280)
XYZ	xyz(33.0776, 32.8891, 53.3107)
Luminance	0.3289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9599BE #BEBA95

analogous

#95AEBE #9599BE #A695BE

triadic

#9599BE #BE9599 #99BE95

tetradic

#9599BE #BE95AE #BEBA95 #95BEA6

square

#9599BE #BE95AE #BEBA95 #95BEA6

split-complementary

#9599BE #BEA695 #AEBE95

monochromatic

#525786 #6F74A7 #9599BE #BBBED5 #E1E2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#9599BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#9599BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9599BE

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9599BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9599BE	1.00	2.77	7.58	7.58
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F9DC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9ABD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C9FA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9599be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 153, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.054 280.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4b7d1',
    500: '#9599be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9599be;
$custom-light: #b4b7d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9599be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.146,
    "s": 23.977,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69266,
    "c": 0.05438,
    "h": 280
  },
  "luminance": 0.3289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9599BE

secondary

#DEDDD1

accent

#9943A2

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111114

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #9599BE

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

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