#9799DB#9799DB

#9799DB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.096 H 282.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9799DB
RGB	rgb(151, 153, 219)
HSL	hsl(238, 49%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(238, 31%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.1%, 30.1%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.34, 14.28, -33.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.34, 36.67, 292.92°)
OKLab	oklab(70.66% 0.0205 -0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(70.66% 0.096 282.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.9365, 34.4752, 71.7124)
Luminance	0.3448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9799DB #DBD997

analogous

#97BBDB #9799DB #B797DB

triadic

#9799DB #DB9799 #99DB97

tetradic

#9799DB #DB97BB #DBD997 #97DBB7

square

#9799DB #DB97BB #DBD997 #97DBB7

split-complementary

#9799DB #DBB797 #BBDB97

monochromatic

#4043B8 #6A6CCB #9799DB #C4C6EB #E8E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#9799DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#9799DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9799DB

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9799DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9799DB	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A1DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839CD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86A5B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9799db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 153, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.096 282.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7b7e6',
    500: '#9799db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9799db;
$custom-light: #b7b7e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9799db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.235,
    "s": 48.571,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70655,
    "c": 0.09603,
    "h": 282.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9799DB

secondary

#EEEEDD

accent

#B82ABC

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #9799DB

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

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