#9F99BB#9F99BB

#9F99BB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.050 H 293.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F99BB
RGB	rgb(159, 153, 187)
HSL	hsl(251, 20%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(251, 18%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 18.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.76, 9.12, -16.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.76, 19.10, 298.52°)
OKLab	oklab(69.96% 0.0195 -0.0456)
OKLCH	oklch(69.96% 0.05 293.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.6570, 33.7410, 51.6909)
Luminance	0.3374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F99BB #B5BB99

analogous

#99A4BB #9F99BB #B099BB

triadic

#9F99BB #BB9F99 #99BB9F

tetradic

#9F99BB #BB99A4 #B5BB99 #99BBB0

square

#9F99BB #BB99A4 #B5BB99 #99BBB0

split-complementary

#9F99BB #BBB099 #A4BB99

monochromatic

#5F5783 #7C74A3 #9F99BB #C2BED3 #E4E2EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#9F99BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#9F99BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9F99BB

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F99BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F99BB	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)

#929DBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929DBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A9EA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f99bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 153, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.050 293.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbb7cf',
    500: '#9f99bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f99bb;
$custom-light: #bbb7cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f99bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.588,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6996,
    "c": 0.04962,
    "h": 293.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F99BB

secondary

#DBDDD2

accent

#9E478F

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F99BB

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

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