#9999AB#9999AB

#9999AB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.026 H 285.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9999AB
RGB	rgb(153, 153, 171)
HSL	hsl(240, 10%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(240, 11%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 10.5%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.75, 3.64, -9.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.75, 10.05, 291.25°)
OKLab	oklab(68.88% 0.0071 -0.0252)
OKLCH	oklch(68.88% 0.026 285.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.8773, 32.4948, 43.1129)
Luminance	0.3250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9999AB #ABAB99

analogous

#99A2AB #9999AB #A299AB

triadic

#9999AB #AB9999 #99AB99

tetradic

#9999AB #AB99A2 #ABAB99 #99ABA2

square

#9999AB #AB99A2 #ABAB99 #99ABA2

split-complementary

#9999AB #ABA299 #A2AB99

monochromatic

#5B5B6F #77778F #9999AB #BBBBC7 #DCDCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#9999AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#9999AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9999AB

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9999AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9999AB	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959BAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949AAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#959C9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9999ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 153, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.026 285.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7b7c4',
    500: '#9999ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9999ab;
$custom-light: #b7b7c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9999ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 9.677,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68883,
    "c": 0.02619,
    "h": 285.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9999AB

secondary

#D3D3CD

accent

#945294

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111112

muted

#808081

Preview Lab

Preview with #9999AB

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

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