#999BAD#999BAD

#999BAD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.026 H 280.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999BAD
RGB	rgb(153, 155, 173)
HSL	hsl(234, 11%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(234, 12%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.6%, 10.4%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.35, 2.95, -9.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.35, 10.04, 287.08°)
OKLab	oklab(69.37% 0.0049 -0.0258)
OKLCH	oklch(69.37% 0.026 280.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.3994, 33.2318, 44.2345)
Luminance	0.3323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999BAD #ADAB99

analogous

#99A5AD #999BAD #A199AD

triadic

#999BAD #AD999B #9BAD99

tetradic

#999BAD #AD99A5 #ADAB99 #99ADA1

square

#999BAD #AD99A5 #ADAB99 #99ADA1

split-complementary

#999BAD #ADA199 #A5AD99

monochromatic

#5B5D71 #777A92 #999BAD #BBBCC8 #DDDEE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#999BAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#999BAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999BAD

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999BAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999BAD	1.00	2.75	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979DAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969BAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#959EA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999bad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 155, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.026 280.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7b8c5',
    500: '#999bad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999bad;
$custom-light: #b7b8c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999bad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234,
    "s": 10.87,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69372,
    "c": 0.0263,
    "h": 280.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999BAD

secondary

#D4D4CD

accent

#8E5195

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111112

muted

#808081

Preview Lab

Preview with #999BAD

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

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