#9699BB#9699BB

#9699BB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.050 H 281.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9699BB
RGB	rgb(150, 153, 187)
HSL	hsl(235, 21%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(235, 20%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 18.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.04, 6.19, -17.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.04, 18.97, 289.03°)
OKLab	oklab(69.23% 0.0096 -0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(69.23% 0.05 281)
XYZ	xyz(32.9364, 32.8538, 51.6102)
Luminance	0.3285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9699BB #BBB896

analogous

#96ABBB #9699BB #A596BB

triadic

#9699BB #BB9699 #99BB96

tetradic

#9699BB #BB96AB #BBB896 #96BBA5

square

#9699BB #BB96AB #BBB896 #96BBA5

split-complementary

#9699BB #BBA596 #ABBB96

monochromatic

#545882 #7175A3 #9699BB #BBBDD3 #E0E1EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#9699BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#9699BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9699BB

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9699BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9699BB	1.00	2.77	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909CBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9ABA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E9FA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9699bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 153, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.050 281.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5b7cf',
    500: '#9699bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9699bb;
$custom-light: #b5b7cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9699bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.135,
    "s": 21.387,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69228,
    "c": 0.04985,
    "h": 281
  },
  "luminance": 0.32854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9699BB

secondary

#DCDBD0

accent

#9846A0

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111113

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #9699BB

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

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