#9C99BA#9C99BA

#9C99BA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.048 H 289.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C99BA
RGB	rgb(156, 153, 186)
HSL	hsl(245, 19%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(245, 18%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.1%, 17.7%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.48, 7.91, -16.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.48, 18.45, 295.39°)
OKLab	oklab(69.67% 0.0158 -0.0453)
OKLCH	oklch(69.67% 0.048 289.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.9625, 33.3952, 51.1015)
Luminance	0.3340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C99BA #B7BA99

analogous

#99A7BA #9C99BA #AD99BA

triadic

#9C99BA #BA9C99 #99BA9C

tetradic

#9C99BA #BA99A7 #B7BA99 #99BAAD

square

#9C99BA #BA99A7 #B7BA99 #99BAAD

split-complementary

#9C99BA #BAAD99 #A7BA99

monochromatic

#5B5781 #7974A1 #9C99BA #BFBED3 #E3E2EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#9C99BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#9C99BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9C99BA

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C99BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C99BA	1.00	2.73	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.73	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)

#929DBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919CB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#969EA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c99ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 153, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.048 289.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b7ce',
    500: '#9c99ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c99ba;
$custom-light: #b9b7ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c99ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.455,
    "s": 19.298,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69674,
    "c": 0.04801,
    "h": 289.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C99BA

secondary

#DCDDD2

accent

#9E4896

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111113

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C99BA

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

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