#999ABA#999ABA

#999ABA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.047 H 283.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999ABA
RGB	rgb(153, 154, 186)
HSL	hsl(238, 19%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(238, 18%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.7%, 17.2%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.51, 6.37, -16.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.51, 17.83, 290.92°)
OKLab	oklab(69.64% 0.0111 -0.0453)
OKLCH	oklch(69.64% 0.047 283.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.5534, 33.4282, 51.1294)
Luminance	0.3343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999ABA #BAB999

analogous

#99ABBA #999ABA #A999BA

triadic

#999ABA #BA999A #9ABA99

tetradic

#999ABA #BA99AB #BAB999 #99BAA9

square

#999ABA #BA99AB #BAB999 #99BAA9

split-complementary

#999ABA #BAA999 #ABBA99

monochromatic

#575981 #7476A1 #999ABA #BEBED3 #E2E2EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#999ABA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#999ABA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999ABA

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999ABA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999ABA	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929DBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919BB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#929FA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999aba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 154, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.047 283.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7b7ce',
    500: '#999aba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999aba;
$custom-light: #b7b7ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999aba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.182,
    "s": 19.298,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69636,
    "c": 0.04665,
    "h": 283.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999ABA

secondary

#DDDCD2

accent

#9B489E

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111113

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #999ABA

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

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