#9B98B3#9B98B3

#9B98B3 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.039 H 290.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B98B3
RGB	rgb(155, 152, 179)
HSL	hsl(247, 15%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(247, 15%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 15.1%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.90, 6.60, -13.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.90, 15.13, 295.85°)
OKLab	oklab(69.13% 0.0137 -0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(69.13% 0.039 290.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.8808, 32.6795, 47.2146)
Luminance	0.3268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B98B3 #B0B398

analogous

#98A2B3 #9B98B3 #A998B3

triadic

#9B98B3 #B39B98 #98B39B

tetradic

#9B98B3 #B398A2 #B0B398 #98B3A9

square

#9B98B3 #B398A2 #B0B398 #98B3A9

split-complementary

#9B98B3 #B3A998 #A2B398

monochromatic

#5C5978 #797599 #9B98B3 #BDBBCD #DFDEE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#9B98B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#9B98B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9B98B3

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B98B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B98B3	1.00	2.79	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929BB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929AB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#969CA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b98b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 152, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.039 290.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8b6c9',
    500: '#9b98b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b98b3;
$custom-light: #b8b6c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b98b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.667,
    "s": 15.084,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69125,
    "c": 0.03936,
    "h": 290.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B98B3

secondary

#D7D8CF

accent

#994C91

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111113

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B98B3

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

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