#9999BA#9999BA

#9999BA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.048 H 285.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9999BA
RGB	rgb(153, 153, 186)
HSL	hsl(240, 19%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(240, 18%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.7%, 17.7%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.24, 6.93, -17.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.24, 18.40, 292.12°)
OKLab	oklab(69.43% 0.0125 -0.0464)
OKLCH	oklch(69.43% 0.048 285.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.3890, 33.0995, 51.0746)
Luminance	0.3310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9999BA #BABA99

analogous

#99AABA #9999BA #AA99BA

triadic

#9999BA #BA9999 #99BA99

tetradic

#9999BA #BA99AA #BABA99 #99BAAA

square

#9999BA #BA99AA #BABA99 #99BAAA

split-complementary

#9999BA #BAAA99 #AABA99

monochromatic

#575781 #7474A1 #9999BA #BEBED3 #E2E2EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#9999BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#9999BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9999BA

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9999BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9999BA	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)

#919DBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909BB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#929EA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9999ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 153, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.048 285.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7b7ce',
    500: '#9999ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9999ba;
$custom-light: #b7b7ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9999ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 19.298,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6943,
    "c": 0.04809,
    "h": 285.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9999BA

secondary

#DDDDD2

accent

#9E489E

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111113

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #9999BA

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

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