#9999BB#9999BB

#9999BB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.050 H 285.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9999BB
RGB	rgb(153, 153, 187)
HSL	hsl(240, 20%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(240, 18%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.2%, 18.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.28, 7.16, -17.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.28, 18.96, 292.17°)
OKLab	oklab(69.47% 0.0129 -0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(69.47% 0.05 285)
XYZ	xyz(33.4957, 33.1422, 51.6364)
Luminance	0.3314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9999BB #BBBB99

analogous

#99AABB #9999BB #AA99BB

triadic

#9999BB #BB9999 #99BB99

tetradic

#9999BB #BB99AA #BBBB99 #99BBAA

square

#9999BB #BB99AA #BBBB99 #99BBAA

split-complementary

#9999BB #BBAA99 #AABB99

monochromatic

#575783 #7474A3 #9999BB #BEBED3 #E2E2EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#9999BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#9999BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9999BB

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9999BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9999BB	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919DBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909BBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#929FA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9999bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 153, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.050 285.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7b7cf',
    500: '#9999bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9999bb;
$custom-light: #b7b7cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9999bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69468,
    "c": 0.04955,
    "h": 285
  },
  "luminance": 0.33143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9999BB

secondary

#DDDDD2

accent

#9E479E

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111113

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #9999BB

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

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