#999DB2#999DB2

#999DB2 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.031 H 277.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999DB2
RGB	rgb(153, 157, 178)
HSL	hsl(230, 14%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(230, 14%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 11.8%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.04, 2.91, -11.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.04, 11.73, 284.37°)
OKLab	oklab(69.97% 0.0038 -0.0307)
OKLCH	oklch(69.97% 0.031 277)
XYZ	xyz(33.2279, 34.1002, 46.9422)
Luminance	0.3410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999DB2 #B2AE99

analogous

#99A9B2 #999DB2 #A299B2

triadic

#999DB2 #B2999D #9DB299

tetradic

#999DB2 #B299A9 #B2AE99 #99B2A2

square

#999DB2 #B299A9 #B2AE99 #99B2A2

split-complementary

#999DB2 #B2A299 #A9B299

monochromatic

#5A5E77 #767B98 #999DB2 #BCBFCC #DFE0E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#999DB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#999DB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999DB2

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999DB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999DB2	1.00	2.69	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989FB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969DB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94A1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999db2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 157, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.031 277.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7b9c9',
    500: '#999db2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999db2;
$custom-light: #b7b9c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999db2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.4,
    "s": 13.966,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69968,
    "c": 0.03094,
    "h": 277
  },
  "luminance": 0.34101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999DB2

secondary

#D8D6CF

accent

#8C4D98

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111113

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #999DB2

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

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