#9799AA#9799AA

#9799AA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.025 H 280.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9799AA
RGB	rgb(151, 153, 170)
HSL	hsl(234, 10%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(234, 11%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.2%, 10%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.56, 2.74, -9.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.56, 9.50, 286.78°)
OKLab	oklab(68.69% 0.0045 -0.0245)
OKLCH	oklch(68.69% 0.025 280.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.4079, 32.2638, 42.5953)
Luminance	0.3226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9799AA #AAA897

analogous

#97A2AA #9799AA #9E97AA

triadic

#9799AA #AA9799 #99AA97

tetradic

#9799AA #AA97A2 #AAA897 #97AA9E

square

#9799AA #AA97A2 #AAA897 #97AA9E

split-complementary

#9799AA #AA9E97 #A2AA97

monochromatic

#595B6D #75788E #9799AA #B9BAC6 #DADBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#9799AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#9799AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9799AA

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9799AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9799AA	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959BAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9499AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#939C9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9799aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 153, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.025 280.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5b7c3',
    500: '#9799aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9799aa;
$custom-light: #b5b7c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9799aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.684,
    "s": 10.053,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68685,
    "c": 0.02492,
    "h": 280.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9799AA

secondary

#D2D1CB

accent

#8D5194

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111112

muted

#808081

Preview Lab

Preview with #9799AA

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

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