#9999AD#9999AD

#9999AD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.029 H 285.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9999AD
RGB	rgb(153, 153, 173)
HSL	hsl(240, 11%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(240, 12%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.6%, 11.6%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.81, 4.07, -10.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.81, 11.16, 291.37°)
OKLab	oklab(68.95% 0.0078 -0.028)
OKLCH	oklch(68.95% 0.029 285.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.0694, 32.5717, 44.1245)
Luminance	0.3257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9999AD #ADAD99

analogous

#99A3AD #9999AD #A399AD

triadic

#9999AD #AD9999 #99AD99

tetradic

#9999AD #AD99A3 #ADAD99 #99ADA3

square

#9999AD #AD99A3 #ADAD99 #99ADA3

split-complementary

#9999AD #ADA399 #A3AD99

monochromatic

#5B5B71 #777792 #9999AD #BBBBC8 #DDDDE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#9999AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#9999AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9999AD

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9999AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9999AD	1.00	2.79	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.79	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)

#949BAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949AAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#959C9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9999ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 153, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.029 285.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7b7c5',
    500: '#9999ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9999ad;
$custom-light: #b7b7c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9999ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 10.87,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68953,
    "c": 0.0291,
    "h": 285.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9999AD

secondary

#D4D4CD

accent

#955195

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111112

muted

#808081

Preview Lab

Preview with #9999AD

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

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