#999DAE#999DAE

#999DAE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.025 H 275.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999DAE
RGB	rgb(153, 157, 174)
HSL	hsl(229, 11%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(229, 12%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 9.8%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.92, 2.05, -9.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.92, 9.53, 282.41°)
OKLab	oklab(69.83% 0.0023 -0.0251)
OKLCH	oklch(69.83% 0.025 275.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.8322, 33.9419, 44.8579)
Luminance	0.3394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999DAE #AEAA99

analogous

#99A8AE #999DAE #A099AE

triadic

#999DAE #AE999D #9DAE99

tetradic

#999DAE #AE99A8 #AEAA99 #99AEA0

square

#999DAE #AE99A8 #AEAA99 #99AEA0

split-complementary

#999DAE #AEA099 #A8AE99

monochromatic

#5B5F72 #777C93 #999DAE #BBBEC9 #DDDFE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#999DAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#999DAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999DAE

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999DAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999DAE	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999EAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979DAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95A0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999dae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 157, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.025 275.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7b9c6',
    500: '#999dae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999dae;
$custom-light: #b7b9c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999dae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.571,
    "s": 11.475,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69828,
    "c": 0.02518,
    "h": 275.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999DAE

secondary

#D5D4CE

accent

#885096

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111113

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #999DAE

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

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