#9898BB#9898BB

#9898BB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.051 H 285.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9898BB
RGB	rgb(152, 152, 187)
HSL	hsl(240, 20%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(240, 19%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 18.7%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.93, 7.40, -18.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.93, 19.54, 292.24°)
OKLab	oklab(69.18% 0.0132 -0.0493)
OKLCH	oklch(69.18% 0.051 285)
XYZ	xyz(33.1447, 32.7193, 51.5733)
Luminance	0.3272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9898BB #BBBB98

analogous

#98AABB #9898BB #AA98BB

triadic

#9898BB #BB9898 #98BB98

tetradic

#9898BB #BB98AA #BBBB98 #98BBAA

square

#9898BB #BB98AA #BBBB98 #98BBAA

split-complementary

#9898BB #BBAA98 #AABB98

monochromatic

#565682 #7373A3 #9898BB #BDBDD3 #E2E2EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#9898BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#9898BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9898BB

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9898BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9898BB	1.00	2.78	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F9CBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9ABA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#919EA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9898bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 152, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.051 285.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6b6cf',
    500: '#9898bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9898bb;
$custom-light: #b6b6cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9898bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 20.468,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69182,
    "c": 0.05107,
    "h": 285
  },
  "luminance": 0.3272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9898BB

secondary

#DDDDD2

accent

#9F479F

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111113

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #9898BB

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

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