#9C99C0#9C99C0

#9C99C0 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.057 H 288.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C99C0
RGB	rgb(156, 153, 192)
HSL	hsl(245, 24%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(245, 20%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 20.3%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.69, 9.26, -19.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.69, 21.78, 295.18°)
OKLab	oklab(69.91% 0.0179 -0.0538)
OKLCH	oklch(69.91% 0.057 288.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.6138, 33.6557, 54.5315)
Luminance	0.3366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C99C0 #BDC099

analogous

#99AAC0 #9C99C0 #AF99C0

triadic

#9C99C0 #C09C99 #99C09C

tetradic

#9C99C0 #C099AA #BDC099 #99C0AF

square

#9C99C0 #C099AA #BDC099 #99C0AF

split-complementary

#9C99C0 #C0AF99 #AAC099

monochromatic

#59558A #7773A9 #9C99C0 #C1BFD7 #E5E5EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#9C99C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#9C99C0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9C99C0

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C99C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C99C0	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909EC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9CBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#959FA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c99c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 153, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.057 288.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b7d3',
    500: '#9c99c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c99c0;
$custom-light: #b9b7d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c99c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.615,
    "s": 23.636,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69906,
    "c": 0.05672,
    "h": 288.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C99C0

secondary

#E0E0D4

accent

#A2439B

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111114

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C99C0

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

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