#9D99C0#9D99C0

#9D99C0 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.057 H 289.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D99C0
RGB	rgb(157, 153, 192)
HSL	hsl(246, 24%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(246, 20%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.2%, 20.3%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.77, 9.59, -19.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.77, 21.80, 296.09°)
OKLab	oklab(69.99% 0.019 -0.0534)
OKLCH	oklch(69.99% 0.057 289.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.8081, 33.7560, 54.5407)
Luminance	0.3376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D99C0 #BCC099

analogous

#99A8C0 #9D99C0 #B099C0

triadic

#9D99C0 #C09D99 #99C09D

tetradic

#9D99C0 #C099A8 #BCC099 #99C0B0

square

#9D99C0 #C099A8 #BCC099 #99C0B0

split-complementary

#9D99C0 #C0B099 #A8C099

monochromatic

#5A558A #7973A9 #9D99C0 #C1BFD7 #E6E5EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#9D99C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#9D99C0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9D99C0

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D99C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D99C0	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909EC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909CBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#969FA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d99c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 153, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.057 289.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bab7d3',
    500: '#9d99c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d99c0;
$custom-light: #bab7d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d99c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.154,
    "s": 23.636,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69987,
    "c": 0.05672,
    "h": 289.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D99C0

secondary

#DFE0D4

accent

#A24398

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111114

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D99C0

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

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