#999DAD#999DAD

#999DAD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.024 H 274.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999DAD
RGB	rgb(153, 157, 173)
HSL	hsl(228, 11%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(228, 12%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.6%, 9.2%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.89, 1.83, -8.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.89, 8.98, 281.78°)
OKLab	oklab(69.79% 0.0019 -0.0237)
OKLCH	oklch(69.79% 0.024 274.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.7350, 33.9030, 44.3464)
Luminance	0.3390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999DAD #ADA999

analogous

#99A7AD #999DAD #9F99AD

triadic

#999DAD #AD999D #9DAD99

tetradic

#999DAD #AD99A7 #ADA999 #99AD9F

square

#999DAD #AD99A7 #ADA999 #99AD9F

split-complementary

#999DAD #AD9F99 #A7AD99

monochromatic

#5B5F71 #777C92 #999DAD #BBBEC8 #DDDEE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#999DAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#999DAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999DAD

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999DAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999DAD	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999EAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989DAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95A0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999dad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 157, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.024 274.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7b9c5',
    500: '#999dad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999dad;
$custom-light: #b7b9c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999dad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228,
    "s": 10.87,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69793,
    "c": 0.02376,
    "h": 274.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999DAD

secondary

#D4D3CD

accent

#875195

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111112

muted

#808081

Preview Lab

Preview with #999DAD

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

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