#999BB2#999BB2

#999BB2 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.034 H 281.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999BB2
RGB	rgb(153, 155, 178)
HSL	hsl(235, 14%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(235, 14%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 12.9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.51, 4.03, -12.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.51, 12.81, 288.32°)
OKLab	oklab(69.55% 0.0067 -0.0329)
OKLCH	oklch(69.55% 0.034 281.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.8923, 33.4290, 46.8304)
Luminance	0.3343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999BB2 #B2B099

analogous

#99A8B2 #999BB2 #A499B2

triadic

#999BB2 #B2999B #9BB299

tetradic

#999BB2 #B299A8 #B2B099 #99B2A4

square

#999BB2 #B299A8 #B2B099 #99B2A4

split-complementary

#999BB2 #B2A499 #A8B299

monochromatic

#5A5C77 #767998 #999BB2 #BCBDCC #DFDFE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#999BB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#999BB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999BB2

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999BB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999BB2	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)

#959DB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949CB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#949FA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999bb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 155, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.034 281.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7b8c9',
    500: '#999bb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999bb2;
$custom-light: #b7b8c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999bb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.2,
    "s": 13.966,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69549,
    "c": 0.03358,
    "h": 281.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999BB2

secondary

#D8D7CF

accent

#924D98

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111113

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #999BB2

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

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