#9A99BA#9A99BA

#9A99BA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.048 H 286.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A99BA
RGB	rgb(154, 153, 186)
HSL	hsl(242, 19%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(242, 18%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.2%, 17.7%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.32, 7.26, -16.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.32, 18.41, 293.21°)
OKLab	oklab(69.51% 0.0136 -0.0461)
OKLCH	oklch(69.51% 0.048 286.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.5786, 33.1973, 51.0835)
Luminance	0.3320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9A99BA #B9BA99

analogous

#99A9BA #9A99BA #AB99BA

triadic

#9A99BA #BA9A99 #99BA9A

tetradic

#9A99BA #BA99A9 #B9BA99 #99BAAB

square

#9A99BA #BA99A9 #B9BA99 #99BAAB

split-complementary

#9A99BA #BAAB99 #A9BA99

monochromatic

#595781 #7674A1 #9A99BA #BEBED3 #E2E2EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#9A99BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#9A99BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9A99BA

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A99BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9A99BA	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)

#919DBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909BB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#939EA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a99ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 153, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.048 286.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8b7ce',
    500: '#9a99ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a99ba;
$custom-light: #b8b7ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a99ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.818,
    "s": 19.298,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69511,
    "c": 0.04803,
    "h": 286.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A99BA

secondary

#DCDDD2

accent

#9E489B

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111113

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A99BA

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

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