#9799BB#9799BB

#9799BB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.050 H 282.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9799BB
RGB	rgb(151, 153, 187)
HSL	hsl(237, 21%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(237, 19%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.3%, 18.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.12, 6.51, -17.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.12, 18.96, 290.07°)
OKLab	oklab(69.31% 0.0107 -0.0486)
OKLCH	oklch(69.31% 0.05 282.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.1212, 32.9491, 51.6189)
Luminance	0.3295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9799BB #BBB997

analogous

#97ABBB #9799BB #A797BB

triadic

#9799BB #BB9799 #99BB97

tetradic

#9799BB #BB97AB #BBB997 #97BBA7

square

#9799BB #BB97AB #BBB997 #97BBA7

split-complementary

#9799BB #BBA797 #ABBB97

monochromatic

#555882 #7275A3 #9799BB #BCBDD3 #E1E2EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#9799BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#9799BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9799BB

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9799BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9799BB	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909DBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9ABA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F9FA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9799bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 153, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.050 282.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6b7cf',
    500: '#9799bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9799bb;
$custom-light: #b6b7cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9799bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.667,
    "s": 20.93,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69308,
    "c": 0.04972,
    "h": 282.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9799BB

secondary

#DDDCD1

accent

#9A469F

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111113

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #9799BB

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

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