#999CC2#999CC2

#999CC2 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.055 H 281.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999CC2
RGB	rgb(153, 156, 194)
HSL	hsl(236, 25%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(236, 21%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 19.6%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.31, 7.08, -19.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.31, 21.12, 289.57°)
OKLab	oklab(70.36% 0.0109 -0.0544)
OKLCH	oklch(70.36% 0.055 281.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.7606, 34.4437, 55.8454)
Luminance	0.3444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999CC2 #C2BF99

analogous

#99B0C2 #999CC2 #AA99C2

triadic

#999CC2 #C2999C #9CC299

tetradic

#999CC2 #C299B0 #C2BF99 #99C2AA

square

#999CC2 #C299B0 #C2BF99 #99C2AA

split-complementary

#999CC2 #C2AA99 #B0C299

monochromatic

#54588D #7377AB #999CC2 #BFC1D9 #E6E6F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#999CC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#999CC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999CC2

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999CC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999CC2	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A0C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909DC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90A3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999cc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 156, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.055 281.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7b9d4',
    500: '#999cc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999cc2;
$custom-light: #b7b9d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999cc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.61,
    "s": 25.153,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70357,
    "c": 0.05549,
    "h": 281.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999CC2

secondary

#E2E1D5

accent

#9D42A4

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#111114

muted

#808083

Preview Lab

Preview with #999CC2

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

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