#999ABB#999ABB

#999ABB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.048 H 283.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999ABB
RGB	rgb(153, 154, 187)
HSL	hsl(238, 20%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(238, 18%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.2%, 17.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.54, 6.59, -17.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.54, 18.38, 291.02°)
OKLab	oklab(69.67% 0.0114 -0.0467)
OKLCH	oklch(69.67% 0.048 283.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.6600, 33.4709, 51.6912)
Luminance	0.3347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999ABB #BBBA99

analogous

#99ABBB #999ABB #A999BB

triadic

#999ABB #BB999A #9ABB99

tetradic

#999ABB #BB99AB #BBBA99 #99BBA9

square

#999ABB #BB99AB #BBBA99 #99BBA9

split-complementary

#999ABB #BBA999 #ABBB99

monochromatic

#575883 #7476A3 #999ABB #BEBED3 #E2E3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#999ABB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#999ABB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999ABB

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999ABB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999ABB	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)

#929EBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919BBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92A0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999abb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 154, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.048 283.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7b7cf',
    500: '#999abb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999abb;
$custom-light: #b7b7cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999abb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.235,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69674,
    "c": 0.04811,
    "h": 283.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999ABB

secondary

#DDDDD2

accent

#9C479E

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111113

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #999ABB

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

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