#9799BD#9799BD

#9799BD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.053 H 282.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9799BD
RGB	rgb(151, 153, 189)
HSL	hsl(237, 22%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(237, 20%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.1%, 19%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.19, 6.97, -18.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.19, 20.07, 290.31°)
OKLab	oklab(69.38% 0.0113 -0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(69.38% 0.053 282.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.3368, 33.0354, 52.7543)
Luminance	0.3304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9799BD #BDBB97

analogous

#97ACBD #9799BD #A897BD

triadic

#9799BD #BD9799 #99BD97

tetradic

#9799BD #BD97AC #BDBB97 #97BDA8

square

#9799BD #BD97AC #BDBB97 #97BDA8

split-complementary

#9799BD #BDA897 #ACBD97

monochromatic

#545785 #7274A5 #9799BD #BCBED5 #E2E2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#9799BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#9799BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9799BD

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9799BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9799BD	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909DBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9ABC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F9FA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9799bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 153, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.053 282.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6b7d1',
    500: '#9799bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9799bd;
$custom-light: #b6b7d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9799bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.842,
    "s": 22.353,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69385,
    "c": 0.05264,
    "h": 282.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9799BD

secondary

#DEDDD2

accent

#9C45A1

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111114

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #9799BD

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

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