#999CC7#999CC7

#999CC7 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.063 H 281.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999CC7
RGB	rgb(153, 156, 199)
HSL	hsl(236, 29%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(236, 23%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.1%, 21.6%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.49, 8.25, -22.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.49, 23.88, 290.21°)
OKLab	oklab(70.56% 0.0126 -0.0615)
OKLCH	oklch(70.56% 0.063 281.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.3316, 34.6721, 58.8527)
Luminance	0.3467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999CC7 #C7C499

analogous

#99B3C7 #999CC7 #AD99C7

triadic

#999CC7 #C7999C #9CC799

tetradic

#999CC7 #C799B3 #C7C499 #99C7AD

square

#999CC7 #C799B3 #C7C499 #99C7AD

split-complementary

#999CC7 #C7AD99 #B3C799

monochromatic

#515694 #7176B1 #999CC7 #C1C2DD #E8E9F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#999CC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#999CC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999CC7

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999CC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999CC7	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A1C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9EC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8EA4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999cc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 156, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.063 281.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7b9d8',
    500: '#999cc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999cc7;
$custom-light: #b7b9d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999cc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.087,
    "s": 29.114,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70556,
    "c": 0.06275,
    "h": 281.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999CC7

secondary

#E5E4D7

accent

#A13EA8

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#111114

muted

#808083

Preview Lab

Preview with #999CC7

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

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