#999BC0#999BC0

#999BC0 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.054 H 282.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999BC0
RGB	rgb(153, 155, 192)
HSL	hsl(237, 24%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(237, 20%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 19.3%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.98, 7.17, -19.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.98, 20.58, 290.40°)
OKLab	oklab(70.07% 0.0117 -0.0527)
OKLCH	oklch(70.07% 0.054 282.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.3704, 34.0202, 54.6147)
Luminance	0.3402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999BC0 #C0BE99

analogous

#99AEC0 #999BC0 #AA99C0

triadic

#999BC0 #C0999B #9BC099

tetradic

#999BC0 #C099AE #C0BE99 #99C0AA

square

#999BC0 #C099AE #C0BE99 #99C0AA

split-complementary

#999BC0 #C0AA99 #AEC099

monochromatic

#55588A #7376A9 #999BC0 #BFC0D7 #E5E5EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#999BC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#999BC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999BC0

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999BC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999BC0	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929FC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909CBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90A1A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999bc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 155, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.054 282.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7b8d3',
    500: '#999bc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999bc0;
$custom-light: #b7b8d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999bc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.923,
    "s": 23.636,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70073,
    "c": 0.05397,
    "h": 282.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999BC0

secondary

#E0E0D4

accent

#9D43A2

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111114

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #999BC0

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

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