#9E99BD#9E99BD

#9E99BD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.052 H 291.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E99BD
RGB	rgb(158, 153, 189)
HSL	hsl(248, 21%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(248, 19%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 19%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.74, 9.24, -17.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.74, 20.17, 297.25°)
OKLab	oklab(69.95% 0.0191 -0.0488)
OKLCH	oklch(69.95% 0.052 291.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.6751, 33.7254, 52.8171)
Luminance	0.3373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E99BD #B8BD99

analogous

#99A6BD #9E99BD #B099BD

triadic

#9E99BD #BD9E99 #99BD9E

tetradic

#9E99BD #BD99A6 #B8BD99 #99BDB0

square

#9E99BD #BD99A6 #B8BD99 #99BDB0

split-complementary

#9E99BD #BDB099 #A6BD99

monochromatic

#5D5685 #7B74A5 #9E99BD #C1BED5 #E5E3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#9E99BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#9E99BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E99BD

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E99BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E99BD	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)

#919EBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919CBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#989FA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e99bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 153, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.052 291.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbb7d1',
    500: '#9e99bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e99bd;
$custom-light: #bbb7d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e99bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.333,
    "s": 21.429,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69954,
    "c": 0.05243,
    "h": 291.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E99BD

secondary

#DDDFD3

accent

#A04693

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111114

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E99BD

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

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