#9C99BC#9C99BC

#9C99BC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.051 H 288.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C99BC
RGB	rgb(156, 153, 188)
HSL	hsl(245, 21%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(245, 19%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 18.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.55, 8.36, -17.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.55, 19.56, 295.30°)
OKLab	oklab(69.75% 0.0165 -0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(69.75% 0.051 288.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.1766, 33.4809, 52.2291)
Luminance	0.3348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C99BC #B9BC99

analogous

#99A8BC #9C99BC #AE99BC

triadic

#9C99BC #BC9C99 #99BC9C

tetradic

#9C99BC #BC99A8 #B9BC99 #99BCAE

square

#9C99BC #BC99A8 #B9BC99 #99BCAE

split-complementary

#9C99BC #BCAE99 #A8BC99

monochromatic

#5B5784 #7874A4 #9C99BC #C0BED4 #E4E3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#9C99BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#9C99BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9C99BC

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C99BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C99BC	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919DBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919CBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#969FA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c99bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 153, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.051 288.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b7d0',
    500: '#9c99bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c99bc;
$custom-light: #b9b7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c99bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.143,
    "s": 20.71,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6975,
    "c": 0.05091,
    "h": 288.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C99BC

secondary

#DDDED3

accent

#9F4697

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111114

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C99BC

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

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