#9999AC#9999AC

#9999AC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.028 H 285.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9999AC
RGB	rgb(153, 153, 172)
HSL	hsl(240, 10%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(240, 11%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 11%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.78, 3.85, -9.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.78, 10.60, 291.31°)
OKLab	oklab(68.92% 0.0075 -0.0266)
OKLCH	oklch(68.92% 0.028 285.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.9730, 32.5331, 43.6168)
Luminance	0.3253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9999AC #ACAC99

analogous

#99A2AC #9999AC #A299AC

triadic

#9999AC #AC9999 #99AC99

tetradic

#9999AC #AC99A2 #ACAC99 #99ACA2

square

#9999AC #AC99A2 #ACAC99 #99ACA2

split-complementary

#9999AC #ACA299 #A2AC99

monochromatic

#5B5B70 #777791 #9999AC #BBBBC7 #DCDCE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#9999AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#9999AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9999AC

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9999AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9999AC	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959BAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949AAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#959C9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9999ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 153, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.028 285.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9999ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 10.27,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68918,
    "c": 0.02765,
    "h": 285.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9999AC

secondary

#D4D4CD

accent

#945194

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111112

muted

#808081

Preview Lab

Preview with #9999AC

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

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