#9599CD#9599CD

#9599CD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.076 H 280.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9599CD
RGB	rgb(149, 153, 205)
HSL	hsl(236, 36%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(236, 27%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.3%, 25.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.63, 10.18, -27.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.63, 28.96, 290.58°)
OKLab	oklab(69.88% 0.0143 -0.0748)
OKLCH	oklch(69.88% 0.076 280.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.8022, 33.5789, 62.3935)
Luminance	0.3358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9599CD #CDC995

analogous

#95B5CD #9599CD #AD95CD

triadic

#9599CD #CD9599 #99CD95

tetradic

#9599CD #CD95B5 #CDC995 #95CDAD

square

#9599CD #CD95B5 #CDC995 #95CDAD

split-complementary

#9599CD #CDAD95 #B5CD95

monochromatic

#4A509D #6B71B9 #9599CD #BFC1E1 #E8E9F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#9599CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#9599CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9599CD

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9599CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9599CD	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9FCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889BCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87A2AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9599cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 153, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.076 280.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5b7dc',
    500: '#9599cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9599cd;
$custom-light: #b5b7dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9599cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.714,
    "s": 35.897,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69882,
    "c": 0.07616,
    "h": 280.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9599CD

secondary

#E7E6D7

accent

#A637AF

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#111115

muted

#808083

Preview Lab

Preview with #9599CD

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

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