#9799CD#9799CD

#9799CD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.076 H 282.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9799CD
RGB	rgb(151, 153, 205)
HSL	hsl(238, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(238, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 25.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.78, 10.78, -26.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.78, 28.94, 291.86°)
OKLab	oklab(70.04% 0.0165 -0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(70.04% 0.076 282.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.1703, 33.7688, 62.4108)
Luminance	0.3377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9799CD #CDCB97

analogous

#97B4CD #9799CD #B097CD

triadic

#9799CD #CD9799 #99CD97

tetradic

#9799CD #CD97B4 #CDCB97 #97CDB0

square

#9799CD #CD97B4 #CDCB97 #97CDB0

split-complementary

#9799CD #CDB097 #B4CD97

monochromatic

#4C4F9E #6E70B9 #9799CD #C0C2E1 #EAEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#9799CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#9799CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9799CD

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9799CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9799CD	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9FCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#899BCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8AA2AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9799cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 153, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.076 282.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6b7dc',
    500: '#9799cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9799cd;
$custom-light: #b6b7dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9799cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.778,
    "s": 35.065,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70038,
    "c": 0.07589,
    "h": 282.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9799CD

secondary

#E8E7D8

accent

#AA38AE

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#111115

muted

#808083

Preview Lab

Preview with #9799CD

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

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