#999BB7#999BB7

#999BB7 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.041 H 282.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999BB7
RGB	rgb(153, 155, 183)
HSL	hsl(236, 17%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(236, 16%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 15.3%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.67, 5.13, -14.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.67, 15.59, 289.21°)
OKLab	oklab(69.73% 0.0085 -0.04)
OKLCH	oklch(69.73% 0.041 282)
XYZ	xyz(33.4035, 33.6335, 49.5226)
Luminance	0.3363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999BB7 #B7B599

analogous

#99AAB7 #999BB7 #A699B7

triadic

#999BB7 #B7999B #9BB799

tetradic

#999BB7 #B799AA #B7B599 #99B7A6

square

#999BB7 #B799AA #B7B599 #99B7A6

split-complementary

#999BB7 #B7A699 #AAB799

monochromatic

#585B7D #75789E #999BB7 #BDBED0 #E1E1EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#999BB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#999BB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999BB7

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999BB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999BB7	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949EB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939CB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93A0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999bb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 155, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.041 282.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7b8cc',
    500: '#999bb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999bb7;
$custom-light: #b7b8cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999bb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236,
    "s": 17.241,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69731,
    "c": 0.04087,
    "h": 282
  },
  "luminance": 0.33634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999BB7

secondary

#DBDAD1

accent

#964A9C

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111113

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #999BB7

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

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