#9999BC#9999BC

#9999BC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.051 H 285.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9999BC
RGB	rgb(153, 153, 188)
HSL	hsl(240, 21%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(240, 19%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.6%, 18.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.31, 7.38, -18.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.31, 19.52, 292.23°)
OKLab	oklab(69.51% 0.0132 -0.0493)
OKLCH	oklch(69.51% 0.051 285)
XYZ	xyz(33.6031, 33.1852, 52.2022)
Luminance	0.3319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9999BC #BCBC99

analogous

#99ABBC #9999BC #AB99BC

triadic

#9999BC #BC9999 #99BC99

tetradic

#9999BC #BC99AB #BCBC99 #99BCAB

square

#9999BC #BC99AB #BCBC99 #99BCAB

split-complementary

#9999BC #BCAB99 #ABBC99

monochromatic

#575784 #7474A4 #9999BC #BEBED4 #E3E3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#9999BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#9999BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9999BC

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9999BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9999BC	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909DBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9BBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#929FA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9999bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 153, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.051 285.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7b7d0',
    500: '#9999bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9999bc;
$custom-light: #b7b7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9999bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 20.71,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69507,
    "c": 0.05101,
    "h": 285
  },
  "luminance": 0.33186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9999BC

secondary

#DEDED3

accent

#9F469F

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111114

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #9999BC

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

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