#999CB2#999CB2

#999CB2 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.032 H 279.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999CB2
RGB	rgb(153, 156, 178)
HSL	hsl(233, 14%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(233, 14%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 12.4%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.77, 3.47, -11.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.77, 12.26, 286.43°)
OKLab	oklab(69.76% 0.0053 -0.0318)
OKLCH	oklch(69.76% 0.032 279.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.0594, 33.7632, 46.8861)
Luminance	0.3376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999CB2 #B2AF99

analogous

#99A8B2 #999CB2 #A399B2

triadic

#999CB2 #B2999C #9CB299

tetradic

#999CB2 #B299A8 #B2AF99 #99B2A3

square

#999CB2 #B299A8 #B2AF99 #99B2A3

split-complementary

#999CB2 #B2A399 #A8B299

monochromatic

#5A5D77 #767A98 #999CB2 #BCBECC #DFE0E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#999CB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#999CB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999CB2

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999CB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999CB2	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979EB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959CB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94A0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999cb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 156, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.032 279.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7b9c9',
    500: '#999cb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999cb2;
$custom-light: #b7b9c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999cb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.8,
    "s": 13.966,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69758,
    "c": 0.03224,
    "h": 279.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999CB2

secondary

#D8D7CF

accent

#8F4D98

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111113

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #999CB2

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

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