#9999B2#9999B2

#9999B2 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.036 H 285.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9999B2
RGB	rgb(153, 153, 178)
HSL	hsl(240, 14%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(240, 14%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 14%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.97, 5.15, -12.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.97, 13.95, 291.66°)
OKLab	oklab(69.13% 0.0097 -0.0351)
OKLCH	oklch(69.13% 0.036 285.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.5622, 32.7688, 46.7203)
Luminance	0.3277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9999B2 #B2B299

analogous

#99A6B2 #9999B2 #A699B2

triadic

#9999B2 #B29999 #99B299

tetradic

#9999B2 #B299A6 #B2B299 #99B2A6

square

#9999B2 #B299A6 #B2B299 #99B2A6

split-complementary

#9999B2 #B2A699 #A6B299

monochromatic

#5A5A77 #767698 #9999B2 #BCBCCC #DFDFE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#9999B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#9999B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9999B2

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9999B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9999B2	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939CB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939AB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#949DA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9999b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 153, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.036 285.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7b7c9',
    500: '#9999b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9999b2;
$custom-light: #b7b7c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9999b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 13.966,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69132,
    "c": 0.03641,
    "h": 285.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9999B2

secondary

#D8D8CF

accent

#984D98

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111113

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #9999B2

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

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