#9999BF#9999BF

#9999BF is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.055 H 284.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9999BF
RGB	rgb(153, 153, 191)
HSL	hsl(240, 23%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(240, 20%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 19.9%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.42, 8.07, -19.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.42, 21.18, 292.40°)
OKLab	oklab(69.62% 0.0142 -0.0535)
OKLCH	oklch(69.62% 0.055 284.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.9299, 33.3159, 53.9231)
Luminance	0.3332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9999BF #BFBF99

analogous

#99ACBF #9999BF #AC99BF

triadic

#9999BF #BF9999 #99BF99

tetradic

#9999BF #BF99AC #BFBF99 #99BFAC

square

#9999BF #BF99AC #BFBF99 #99BFAC

split-complementary

#9999BF #BFAC99 #ACBF99

monochromatic

#555588 #7373A7 #9999BF #BFBFD7 #E4E4EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#9999BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#9999BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9999BF

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9999BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9999BF	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909DC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9BBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#919FA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9999bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 153, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.055 284.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7b7d2',
    500: '#9999bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9999bf;
$custom-light: #b7b7d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9999bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 22.892,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69623,
    "c": 0.05537,
    "h": 284.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9999BF

secondary

#E0E0D4

accent

#A144A1

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111114

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #9999BF

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

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