#9B99BC#9B99BC

#9B99BC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.051 H 287.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B99BC
RGB	rgb(155, 153, 188)
HSL	hsl(243, 21%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(243, 19%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 18.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.47, 8.03, -17.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.47, 19.54, 294.27°)
OKLab	oklab(69.67% 0.0154 -0.0485)
OKLCH	oklch(69.67% 0.051 287.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.9838, 33.3815, 52.2201)
Luminance	0.3338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B99BC #BABC99

analogous

#99A9BC #9B99BC #AD99BC

triadic

#9B99BC #BC9B99 #99BC9B

tetradic

#9B99BC #BC99A9 #BABC99 #99BCAD

square

#9B99BC #BC99A9 #BABC99 #99BCAD

split-complementary

#9B99BC #BCAD99 #A9BC99

monochromatic

#595784 #7774A4 #9B99BC #BFBED4 #E3E3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#9B99BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#9B99BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9B99BC

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B99BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B99BC	1.00	2.74	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919DBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909BBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#949FA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b99bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 153, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.051 287.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8b7d0',
    500: '#9b99bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b99bc;
$custom-light: #b8b7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b99bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.429,
    "s": 20.71,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69669,
    "c": 0.05092,
    "h": 287.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B99BC

secondary

#DDDED3

accent

#9F469A

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111114

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B99BC

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

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