#9999AE#9999AE

#9999AE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.031 H 285.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9999AE
RGB	rgb(153, 153, 174)
HSL	hsl(240, 11%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(240, 12%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 12.1%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.84, 4.28, -10.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.84, 11.72, 291.43°)
OKLab	oklab(68.99% 0.0082 -0.0294)
OKLCH	oklch(68.99% 0.031 285.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.1665, 32.6105, 44.6360)
Luminance	0.3261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9999AE #AEAE99

analogous

#99A4AE #9999AE #A499AE

triadic

#9999AE #AE9999 #99AE99

tetradic

#9999AE #AE99A4 #AEAE99 #99AEA4

square

#9999AE #AE99A4 #AEAE99 #99AEA4

split-complementary

#9999AE #AEA499 #A4AE99

monochromatic

#5B5B72 #777793 #9999AE #BBBBC9 #DDDDE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#9999AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#9999AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9999AE

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9999AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9999AE	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949BAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949AAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#959CA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9999ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 153, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.031 285.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7b7c6',
    500: '#9999ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9999ae;
$custom-light: #b7b7c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9999ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 11.475,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68988,
    "c": 0.03056,
    "h": 285.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9999AE

secondary

#D5D5CE

accent

#965096

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111113

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #9999AE

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

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