#9F99BC#9F99BC

#9F99BC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.051 H 292.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F99BC
RGB	rgb(159, 153, 188)
HSL	hsl(250, 21%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(250, 19%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 18.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.79, 9.34, -17.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.79, 19.65, 298.38°)
OKLab	oklab(70% 0.0199 -0.047)
OKLCH	oklch(70% 0.051 292.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.7645, 33.7840, 52.2566)
Luminance	0.3378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F99BC #B6BC99

analogous

#99A5BC #9F99BC #B199BC

triadic

#9F99BC #BC9F99 #99BC9F

tetradic

#9F99BC #BC99A5 #B6BC99 #99BCB1

square

#9F99BC #BC99A5 #B6BC99 #99BCB1

split-complementary

#9F99BC #BCB199 #A5BC99

monochromatic

#5E5784 #7C74A4 #9F99BC #C2BED4 #E5E3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#9F99BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#9F99BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9F99BC

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F99BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F99BC	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919EBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929DBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A9EA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f99bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 153, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.051 292.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbb7d0',
    500: '#9f99bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f99bc;
$custom-light: #bbb7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f99bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.286,
    "s": 20.71,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69998,
    "c": 0.05106,
    "h": 292.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F99BC

secondary

#DCDED3

accent

#9F4690

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121114

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F99BC

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

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