#9899BB#9899BB

#9899BB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.050 H 283.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9899BB
RGB	rgb(152, 153, 187)
HSL	hsl(238, 20%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(238, 19%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 18.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.20, 6.83, -17.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.20, 18.96, 291.12°)
OKLab	oklab(69.39% 0.0118 -0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(69.39% 0.05 283.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.3077, 33.0452, 51.6276)
Luminance	0.3305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9899BB #BBBA98

analogous

#98ABBB #9899BB #A998BB

triadic

#9899BB #BB9899 #99BB98

tetradic

#9899BB #BB98AB #BBBA98 #98BBA9

square

#9899BB #BB98AB #BBBA98 #98BBA9

split-complementary

#9899BB #BBA998 #ABBB98

monochromatic

#565782 #7374A3 #9899BB #BDBED3 #E2E2EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#9899BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#9899BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9899BB

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9899BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9899BB	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)

#919DBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9BBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#909FA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9899bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 153, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.050 283.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6b7cf',
    500: '#9899bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9899bb;
$custom-light: #b6b7cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9899bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.286,
    "s": 20.468,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69388,
    "c": 0.04962,
    "h": 283.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9899BB

secondary

#DDDDD2

accent

#9C479F

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111113

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #9899BB

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

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