#999BAE#999BAE

#999BAE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.028 H 280.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999BAE
RGB	rgb(153, 155, 174)
HSL	hsl(234, 11%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(234, 12%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 10.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.38, 3.16, -10.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.38, 10.59, 287.37°)
OKLab	oklab(69.41% 0.0052 -0.0273)
OKLCH	oklch(69.41% 0.028 280.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.4966, 33.2707, 44.7460)
Luminance	0.3327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999BAE #AEAC99

analogous

#99A6AE #999BAE #A299AE

triadic

#999BAE #AE999B #9BAE99

tetradic

#999BAE #AE99A6 #AEAC99 #99AEA2

square

#999BAE #AE99A6 #AEAC99 #99AEA2

split-complementary

#999BAE #AEA299 #A6AE99

monochromatic

#5B5D72 #777A93 #999BAE #BBBCC9 #DDDEE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#999BAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#999BAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999BAE

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999BAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999BAE	1.00	2.74	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.74	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)

#969DAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959BAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#959EA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999bae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 155, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.028 280.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7b8c6',
    500: '#999bae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999bae;
$custom-light: #b7b8c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999bae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.286,
    "s": 11.475,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69407,
    "c": 0.02776,
    "h": 280.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999BAE

secondary

#D5D4CE

accent

#8F5096

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111113

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #999BAE

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

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