#999ABC#999ABC

#999ABC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.050 H 283.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999ABC
RGB	rgb(153, 154, 188)
HSL	hsl(238, 21%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(238, 19%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.6%, 18.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.57, 6.82, -17.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.57, 18.94, 291.11°)
OKLab	oklab(69.71% 0.0117 -0.0481)
OKLCH	oklch(69.71% 0.05 283.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.7675, 33.5139, 52.2570)
Luminance	0.3351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999ABC #BCBB99

analogous

#99ACBC #999ABC #AA99BC

triadic

#999ABC #BC999A #9ABC99

tetradic

#999ABC #BC99AC #BCBB99 #99BCAA

square

#999ABC #BC99AC #BCBB99 #99BCAA

split-complementary

#999ABC #BCAA99 #ACBC99

monochromatic

#575884 #7475A4 #999ABC #BEBFD4 #E3E3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#999ABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#999ABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999ABC

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999ABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999ABC	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929EBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909CBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91A0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999abc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 154, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.050 283.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7b7d0',
    500: '#999abc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999abc;
$custom-light: #b7b7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999abc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.286,
    "s": 20.71,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69712,
    "c": 0.04956,
    "h": 283.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999ABC

secondary

#DEDED3

accent

#9D469F

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111114

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #999ABC

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

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