#999DBD#999DBD

#999DBD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.047 H 279.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999DBD
RGB	rgb(153, 157, 189)
HSL	hsl(233, 21%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(233, 19%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 16.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.40, 5.36, -16.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.40, 17.79, 287.54°)
OKLab	oklab(70.37% 0.0078 -0.0462)
OKLCH	oklch(70.37% 0.047 279.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.3770, 34.5598, 52.9938)
Luminance	0.3456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999DBD #BDB999

analogous

#99AFBD #999DBD #A799BD

triadic

#999DBD #BD999D #9DBD99

tetradic

#999DBD #BD99AF #BDB999 #99BDA7

square

#999DBD #BD99AF #BDB999 #99BDA7

split-complementary

#999DBD #BDA799 #AFBD99

monochromatic

#565C85 #7479A5 #999DBD #BEC1D5 #E3E4ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#999DBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#999DBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999DBD

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999DBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999DBD	1.00	2.65	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A0BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939EBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91A3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999dbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 157, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.047 279.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7b9d1',
    500: '#999dbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999dbd;
$custom-light: #b7b9d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999dbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.333,
    "s": 21.429,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70371,
    "c": 0.04688,
    "h": 279.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999DBD

secondary

#DFDDD3

accent

#9646A0

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111114

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #999DBD

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

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