#999DC0#999DC0

#999DC0 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.051 H 279.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999DC0
RGB	rgb(153, 157, 192)
HSL	hsl(234, 24%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(234, 20%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 18.2%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.51, 6.05, -18.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.51, 19.45, 288.12°)
OKLab	oklab(70.49% 0.0088 -0.0505)
OKLCH	oklch(70.49% 0.051 279.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.7060, 34.6914, 54.7266)
Luminance	0.3469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999DC0 #C0BC99

analogous

#99B0C0 #999DC0 #A899C0

triadic

#999DC0 #C0999D #9DC099

tetradic

#999DC0 #C099B0 #C0BC99 #99C0A8

square

#999DC0 #C099B0 #C0BC99 #99C0A8

split-complementary

#999DC0 #C0A899 #B0C099

monochromatic

#555A8A #7379A9 #999DC0 #BFC1D7 #E5E6EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#999DC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#999DC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999DC0

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999DC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999DC0	1.00	2.65	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A0C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929EBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90A3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999dc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 157, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.051 279.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7b9d3',
    500: '#999dc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999dc0;
$custom-light: #b7b9d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999dc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.846,
    "s": 23.636,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70486,
    "c": 0.05122,
    "h": 279.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999DC0

secondary

#E0DFD4

accent

#9843A2

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111114

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #999DC0

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

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