#9C99B7#9C99B7

#9C99B7 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.044 H 289.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C99B7
RGB	rgb(156, 153, 183)
HSL	hsl(246, 17%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(246, 16%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.8%, 16.4%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.38, 7.25, -15.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.38, 16.78, 295.58°)
OKLab	oklab(69.56% 0.0148 -0.0411)
OKLCH	oklch(69.56% 0.044 289.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.6469, 33.2690, 49.4395)
Luminance	0.3327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C99B7 #B4B799

analogous

#99A5B7 #9C99B7 #AB99B7

triadic

#9C99B7 #B79C99 #99B79C

tetradic

#9C99B7 #B799A5 #B4B799 #99B7AB

square

#9C99B7 #B799A5 #B4B799 #99B7AB

split-complementary

#9C99B7 #B7AB99 #A5B799

monochromatic

#5C587D #79759E #9C99B7 #BFBDD0 #E2E1EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#9C99B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#9C99B7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9C99B7

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C99B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C99B7	1.00	2.74	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929DB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929BB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#979EA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c99b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 153, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.044 289.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b7cc',
    500: '#9c99b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c99b7;
$custom-light: #b9b7cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c99b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246,
    "s": 17.241,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69561,
    "c": 0.04366,
    "h": 289.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C99B7

secondary

#DADBD1

accent

#9C4A93

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111113

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C99B7

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

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