#9B99B2#9B99B2

#9B99B2 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.036 H 289.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B99B2
RGB	rgb(155, 153, 178)
HSL	hsl(245, 14%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(245, 14%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 14%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.13, 5.82, -12.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.13, 13.98, 294.60°)
OKLab	oklab(69.3% 0.0119 -0.0344)
OKLCH	oklch(69.3% 0.036 289.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.9430, 32.9651, 46.7382)
Luminance	0.3296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B99B2 #B0B299

analogous

#99A4B2 #9B99B2 #A899B2

triadic

#9B99B2 #B29B99 #99B29B

tetradic

#9B99B2 #B299A4 #B0B299 #99B2A8

square

#9B99B2 #B299A4 #B0B299 #99B2A8

split-complementary

#9B99B2 #B2A899 #A4B299

monochromatic

#5C5A77 #797698 #9B99B2 #BDBCCC #DFDFE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#9B99B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#9B99B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9B99B2

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B99B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B99B2	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949CB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939BB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#979DA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b99b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 153, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.036 289.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8b7c9',
    500: '#9b99b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b99b2;
$custom-light: #b8b7c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b99b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.8,
    "s": 13.966,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69296,
    "c": 0.03637,
    "h": 289.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B99B2

secondary

#D7D8CF

accent

#984D92

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111113

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B99B2

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

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