#9E99BC#9E99BC

#9E99BC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.051 H 291.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E99BC
RGB	rgb(158, 153, 188)
HSL	hsl(249, 21%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(249, 19%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 18.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.71, 9.01, -17.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.71, 19.62, 297.35°)
OKLab	oklab(69.92% 0.0188 -0.0474)
OKLCH	oklch(69.92% 0.051 291.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.5669, 33.6821, 52.2474)
Luminance	0.3368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E99BC #B7BC99

analogous

#99A6BC #9E99BC #B099BC

triadic

#9E99BC #BC9E99 #99BC9E

tetradic

#9E99BC #BC99A6 #B7BC99 #99BCB0

square

#9E99BC #BC99A6 #B7BC99 #99BCB0

split-complementary

#9E99BC #BCB099 #A6BC99

monochromatic

#5D5784 #7B74A4 #9E99BC #C1BED4 #E4E3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#9E99BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#9E99BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E99BC

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E99BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E99BC	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919DBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919CBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#989EA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e99bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 153, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.051 291.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbb7d0',
    500: '#9e99bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e99bc;
$custom-light: #bbb7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e99bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.571,
    "s": 20.71,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69915,
    "c": 0.05098,
    "h": 291.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E99BC

secondary

#DCDED3

accent

#9F4692

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111114

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E99BC

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

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