#999DAA#999DAA

#999DAA is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.019 H 272.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999DAA
RGB	rgb(153, 157, 170)
HSL	hsl(226, 9%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(226, 10%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 7.6%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.79, 1.20, -7.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.79, 7.34, 279.41°)
OKLab	oklab(69.69% 0.0008 -0.0195)
OKLCH	oklch(69.69% 0.019 272.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.4480, 33.7882, 42.8347)
Luminance	0.3379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999DAA #AAA699

analogous

#99A5AA #999DAA #9D99AA

triadic

#999DAA #AA999D #9DAA99

tetradic

#999DAA #AA99A5 #AAA699 #99AA9D

square

#999DAA #AA99A5 #AAA699 #99AA9D

split-complementary

#999DAA #AA9D99 #A5AA99

monochromatic

#5B5F6D #787D8E #999DAA #BABDC6 #DCDDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#999DAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#999DAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999DAA

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999DAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999DAA	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9EAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989DAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#959FA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999daa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 157, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.019 272.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999daa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.882,
    "s": 9.091,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69691,
    "c": 0.01948,
    "h": 272.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999DAA

secondary

#D2D1CC

accent

#845293

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111112

muted

#808081

Preview Lab

Preview with #999DAA

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

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