#999CAA#999CAA

#999CAA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.021 H 276.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999CAA
RGB	rgb(153, 156, 170)
HSL	hsl(229, 9%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(229, 10%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 8.2%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.52, 1.76, -7.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.52, 7.85, 282.94°)
OKLab	oklab(69.48% 0.0022 -0.0205)
OKLCH	oklch(69.48% 0.021 276.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.2795, 33.4512, 42.7785)
Luminance	0.3345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999CAA #AAA799

analogous

#99A4AA #999CAA #9E99AA

triadic

#999CAA #AA999C #9CAA99

tetradic

#999CAA #AA99A4 #AAA799 #99AA9E

square

#999CAA #AA99A4 #AAA799 #99AA9E

split-complementary

#999CAA #AA9E99 #A4AA99

monochromatic

#5B5E6D #787C8E #999CAA #BABCC6 #DCDDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#999CAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#999CAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999CAA

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#989DAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979CAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#959EA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999caa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 156, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.021 276.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7b9c3',
    500: '#999caa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999caa;
$custom-light: #b7b9c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999caa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.412,
    "s": 9.091,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6948,
    "c": 0.02067,
    "h": 276.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999CAA

secondary

#D2D1CC

accent

#885293

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111112

muted

#808081

Preview Lab

Preview with #999CAA

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

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