#9799BE#9799BE

#9799BE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.054 H 282.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9799BE
RGB	rgb(151, 153, 190)
HSL	hsl(237, 23%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(237, 21%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.5%, 19.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.22, 7.20, -19.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.22, 20.63, 290.43°)
OKLab	oklab(69.42% 0.0117 -0.0528)
OKLCH	oklch(69.42% 0.054 282.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.4458, 33.0789, 53.3280)
Luminance	0.3308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9799BE #BEBC97

analogous

#97ADBE #9799BE #A997BE

triadic

#9799BE #BE9799 #99BE97

tetradic

#9799BE #BE97AD #BEBC97 #97BEA9

square

#9799BE #BE97AD #BEBC97 #97BEA9

split-complementary

#9799BE #BEA997 #ADBE97

monochromatic

#545787 #7174A6 #9799BE #BDBED6 #E2E3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#9799BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#9799BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9799BE

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9799BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9799BE	1.00	2.76	7.62	7.62
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909DC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9ABD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E9FA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9799be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 153, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.054 282.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9799be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.923,
    "s": 23.077,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69424,
    "c": 0.0541,
    "h": 282.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9799BE

secondary

#DFDED2

accent

#9D44A2

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111114

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #9799BE

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

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