#999AAA#999AAA

#999AAA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.023 H 282.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999AAA
RGB	rgb(153, 154, 170)
HSL	hsl(236, 9%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(236, 10%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 9.4%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.99, 2.87, -8.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.99, 8.92, 288.77°)
OKLab	oklab(69.06% 0.0052 -0.0227)
OKLCH	oklch(69.06% 0.023 282.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.9467, 32.7856, 42.6676)
Luminance	0.3279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999AAA #AAA999

analogous

#99A2AA #999AAA #A099AA

triadic

#999AAA #AA999A #9AAA99

tetradic

#999AAA #AA99A2 #AAA999 #99AAA0

square

#999AAA #AA99A2 #AAA999 #99AAA0

split-complementary

#999AAA #AAA099 #A2AA99

monochromatic

#5B5C6D #78798E #999AAA #BABBC6 #DCDCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#999AAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#999AAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999AAA

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999AAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999AAA	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969CAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969BAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#969D9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999aaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 154, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.023 282.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7b7c3',
    500: '#999aaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999aaa;
$custom-light: #b7b7c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999aaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.471,
    "s": 9.091,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69059,
    "c": 0.0233,
    "h": 282.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999AAA

secondary

#D2D2CC

accent

#8F5293

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111112

muted

#808081

Preview Lab

Preview with #999AAA

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

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