#999CA9#999CA9

#999CA9 is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.019 H 275.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999CA9
RGB	rgb(153, 156, 169)
HSL	hsl(229, 9%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(229, 9%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 7.7%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.49, 1.55, -7.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.49, 7.30, 282.24°)
OKLab	oklab(69.45% 0.0019 -0.0191)
OKLCH	oklch(69.45% 0.019 275.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.1853, 33.4136, 42.2822)
Luminance	0.3341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999CA9 #A9A699

analogous

#99A4A9 #999CA9 #9E99A9

triadic

#999CA9 #A9999C #9CA999

tetradic

#999CA9 #A999A4 #A9A699 #99A99E

square

#999CA9 #A999A4 #A9A699 #99A99E

split-complementary

#999CA9 #A99E99 #A4A999

monochromatic

#5B5E6C #787C8D #999CA9 #BABCC5 #DBDCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#999CA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#999CA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999CA9

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999CA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999CA9	1.00	2.73	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999DAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989CA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#969EA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999ca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 156, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.019 275.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7b9c2',
    500: '#999ca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999ca9;
$custom-light: #b7b9c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999ca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.75,
    "s": 8.511,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69446,
    "c": 0.01924,
    "h": 275.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999CA9

secondary

#D2D1CC

accent

#875392

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111112

muted

#808081

Preview Lab

Preview with #999CA9

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

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