#9699BC#9699BC

#9699BC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.051 H 281.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9699BC
RGB	rgb(150, 153, 188)
HSL	hsl(235, 22%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(235, 20%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 18.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.08, 6.42, -18.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.08, 19.53, 289.18°)
OKLab	oklab(69.27% 0.0099 -0.0503)
OKLCH	oklch(69.27% 0.051 281.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.0438, 32.8968, 52.1760)
Luminance	0.3290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9699BC #BCB996

analogous

#96ACBC #9699BC #A696BC

triadic

#9699BC #BC9699 #99BC96

tetradic

#9699BC #BC96AC #BCB996 #96BCA6

square

#9699BC #BC96AC #BCB996 #96BCA6

split-complementary

#9699BC #BCA696 #ACBC96

monochromatic

#545884 #7175A4 #9699BC #BBBDD4 #E1E2EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#9699BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#9699BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9699BC

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9699BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9699BC	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)

#909DBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9ABB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E9FA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9699bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 153, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.051 281.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5b7d0',
    500: '#9699bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9699bc;
$custom-light: #b5b7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9699bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.263,
    "s": 22.093,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69267,
    "c": 0.05131,
    "h": 281.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9699BC

secondary

#DDDCD1

accent

#9945A1

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111114

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #9699BC

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

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