#9899BC#9899BC

#9899BC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.051 H 283.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9899BC
RGB	rgb(152, 153, 188)
HSL	hsl(238, 21%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(238, 19%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.1%, 18.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.23, 7.06, -18.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.23, 19.51, 291.21°)
OKLab	oklab(69.43% 0.0121 -0.0496)
OKLCH	oklch(69.43% 0.051 283.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.4151, 33.0882, 52.1934)
Luminance	0.3309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9899BC #BCBB98

analogous

#98ABBC #9899BC #A998BC

triadic

#9899BC #BC9899 #99BC98

tetradic

#9899BC #BC98AB #BCBB98 #98BCA9

square

#9899BC #BC98AB #BCBB98 #98BCA9

split-complementary

#9899BC #BCA998 #ABBC98

monochromatic

#565784 #7374A4 #9899BC #BDBED4 #E2E2EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#9899BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#9899BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9899BC

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#909DBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9BBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#909FA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9899bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 153, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.051 283.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6b7d0',
    500: '#9899bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9899bc;
$custom-light: #b6b7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9899bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.333,
    "s": 21.176,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69426,
    "c": 0.05108,
    "h": 283.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9899BC

secondary

#DEDDD2

accent

#9D46A0

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111114

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #9899BC

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

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