#9799AB#9799AB

#9799AB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.026 H 280.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9799AB
RGB	rgb(151, 153, 171)
HSL	hsl(234, 11%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(234, 12%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 10.5%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.59, 2.96, -9.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.59, 10.06, 287.10°)
OKLab	oklab(68.72% 0.0049 -0.0259)
OKLCH	oklch(68.72% 0.026 280.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.5029, 32.3018, 43.0954)
Luminance	0.3230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9799AB #ABA997

analogous

#97A3AB #9799AB #9F97AB

triadic

#9799AB #AB9799 #99AB97

tetradic

#9799AB #AB97A3 #ABA997 #97AB9F

square

#9799AB #AB97A3 #ABA997 #97AB9F

split-complementary

#9799AB #AB9F97 #A3AB97

monochromatic

#595B6E #757890 #9799AB #B9BAC6 #DBDBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#9799AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#9799AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9799AB

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9799AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9799AB	1.00	2.81	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959BAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9499AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#939C9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9799ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 153, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.026 280.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5b7c4',
    500: '#9799ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9799ab;
$custom-light: #b5b7c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9799ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234,
    "s": 10.638,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6872,
    "c": 0.02637,
    "h": 280.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9799AB

secondary

#D2D2CB

accent

#8E5195

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111112

muted

#808081

Preview Lab

Preview with #9799AB

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

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