#9999BD#9999BD

#9999BD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.052 H 285.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9999BD
RGB	rgb(153, 153, 189)
HSL	hsl(240, 21%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(240, 19%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 19%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.35, 7.61, -18.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.35, 20.07, 292.29°)
OKLab	oklab(69.55% 0.0135 -0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(69.55% 0.052 285)
XYZ	xyz(33.7113, 33.2284, 52.7719)
Luminance	0.3323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9999BD #BDBD99

analogous

#99ABBD #9999BD #AB99BD

triadic

#9999BD #BD9999 #99BD99

tetradic

#9999BD #BD99AB #BDBD99 #99BDAB

square

#9999BD #BD99AB #BDBD99 #99BDAB

split-complementary

#9999BD #BDAB99 #ABBD99

monochromatic

#565685 #7474A5 #9999BD #BEBED5 #E3E3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#9999BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#9999BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9999BD

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9999BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9999BD	1.00	2.75	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909DBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9BBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#919FA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9999bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 153, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.052 285.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7b7d1',
    500: '#9999bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9999bd;
$custom-light: #b7b7d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9999bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 21.429,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69545,
    "c": 0.05246,
    "h": 285
  },
  "luminance": 0.33229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9999BD

secondary

#DFDFD3

accent

#A046A0

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111114

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #9999BD

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

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