#9D99BC#9D99BC

#9D99BC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.051 H 290.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D99BC
RGB	rgb(157, 153, 188)
HSL	hsl(247, 21%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(247, 19%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.5%, 18.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.63, 8.68, -17.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.63, 19.59, 296.32°)
OKLab	oklab(69.83% 0.0176 -0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(69.83% 0.051 290.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.3710, 33.5811, 52.2382)
Luminance	0.3358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D99BC #B8BC99

analogous

#99A7BC #9D99BC #AF99BC

triadic

#9D99BC #BC9D99 #99BC9D

tetradic

#9D99BC #BC99A7 #B8BC99 #99BCAF

square

#9D99BC #BC99A7 #B8BC99 #99BCAF

split-complementary

#9D99BC #BCAF99 #A7BC99

monochromatic

#5C5784 #7A74A4 #9D99BC #C0BED4 #E4E3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#9D99BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#9D99BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9D99BC

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D99BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D99BC	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919DBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919CBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#979EA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d99bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 153, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.051 290.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bab7d0',
    500: '#9d99bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d99bc;
$custom-light: #bab7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d99bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.857,
    "s": 20.71,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69833,
    "c": 0.05094,
    "h": 290.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D99BC

secondary

#DDDED3

accent

#9F4695

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111114

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D99BC

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

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