#9999AA#9999AA

#9999AA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.025 H 285.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9999AA
RGB	rgb(153, 153, 170)
HSL	hsl(240, 9%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(240, 10%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 10%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.72, 3.43, -8.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.72, 9.49, 291.19°)
OKLab	oklab(68.85% 0.0067 -0.0238)
OKLCH	oklch(68.85% 0.025 285.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.7823, 32.4568, 42.6128)
Luminance	0.3246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9999AA #AAAA99

analogous

#99A1AA #9999AA #A199AA

triadic

#9999AA #AA9999 #99AA99

tetradic

#9999AA #AA99A1 #AAAA99 #99AAA1

square

#9999AA #AA99A1 #AAAA99 #99AAA1

split-complementary

#9999AA #AAA199 #A1AA99

monochromatic

#5B5B6D #78788E #9999AA #BABAC6 #DCDCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#9999AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#9999AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9999AA

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9999AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9999AA	1.00	2.80	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959BAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959AAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#969C9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9999aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 153, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.025 285.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7b7c3',
    500: '#9999aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9999aa;
$custom-light: #b7b7c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9999aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 9.091,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68849,
    "c": 0.02473,
    "h": 285.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9999AA

secondary

#D2D2CC

accent

#935293

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111112

muted

#808081

Preview Lab

Preview with #9999AA

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

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