#999BC2#999BC2

#999BC2 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.057 H 282.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999BC2
RGB	rgb(153, 155, 194)
HSL	hsl(237, 25%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(237, 21%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 20.1%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.05, 7.64, -20.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.05, 21.69, 290.62°)
OKLab	oklab(70.15% 0.0123 -0.0555)
OKLCH	oklch(70.15% 0.057 282.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.5935, 34.1094, 55.7897)
Luminance	0.3411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999BC2 #C2C099

analogous

#99AFC2 #999BC2 #AB99C2

triadic

#999BC2 #C2999B #9BC299

tetradic

#999BC2 #C299AF #C2C099 #99C2AB

square

#999BC2 #C299AF #C2C099 #99C2AB

split-complementary

#999BC2 #C2AB99 #AFC299

monochromatic

#54578D #7375AB #999BC2 #BFC1D9 #E6E6F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#999BC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#999BC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999BC2

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999BC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999BC2	1.00	2.68	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919FC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9DC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90A2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999bc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 155, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.057 282.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7b8d4',
    500: '#999bc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999bc2;
$custom-light: #b7b8d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999bc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.073,
    "s": 25.153,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70152,
    "c": 0.05688,
    "h": 282.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999BC2

secondary

#E2E1D5

accent

#9F42A4

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#111114

muted

#808083

Preview Lab

Preview with #999BC2

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

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