#9999BE#9999BE

#9999BE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.054 H 284.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9999BE
RGB	rgb(153, 153, 190)
HSL	hsl(240, 22%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(240, 19%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.5%, 19.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.38, 7.84, -19.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.38, 20.63, 292.34°)
OKLab	oklab(69.58% 0.0139 -0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(69.58% 0.054 284.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.8202, 33.2720, 53.3455)
Luminance	0.3327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9999BE #BEBE99

analogous

#99ACBE #9999BE #AC99BE

triadic

#9999BE #BE9999 #99BE99

tetradic

#9999BE #BE99AC #BEBE99 #99BEAC

square

#9999BE #BE99AC #BEBE99 #99BEAC

split-complementary

#9999BE #BEAC99 #ACBE99

monochromatic

#565687 #7474A6 #9999BE #BEBED6 #E4E4EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#9999BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#9999BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9999BE

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9999BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9999BE	1.00	2.74	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.74	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)

#909DC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9BBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#919FA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9999be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 153, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.054 284.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9999be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 22.156,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69584,
    "c": 0.05392,
    "h": 284.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9999BE

secondary

#DFDFD4

accent

#A145A1

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111114

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #9999BE

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

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