#999DC1#999DC1

#999DC1 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.053 H 280.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999DC1
RGB	rgb(153, 157, 193)
HSL	hsl(234, 24%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(234, 21%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 18.7%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.54, 6.28, -18.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.54, 20.00, 288.30°)
OKLab	oklab(70.52% 0.0091 -0.0519)
OKLCH	oklch(70.52% 0.053 280)
XYZ	xyz(34.8171, 34.7359, 55.3121)
Luminance	0.3474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#999DC1 #C1BD99

analogous

#99B1C1 #999DC1 #A999C1

triadic

#999DC1 #C1999D #9DC199

tetradic

#999DC1 #C199B1 #C1BD99 #99C1A9

square

#999DC1 #C199B1 #C1BD99 #99C1A9

split-complementary

#999DC1 #C1A999 #B1C199

monochromatic

#555A8B #7378AA #999DC1 #BFC2D8 #E5E6EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#999DC1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#999DC1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999DC1

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999DC1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999DC1	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A1C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929EC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90A3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999dc1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 157, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.053 280.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7b9d3',
    500: '#999dc1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999dc1;
$custom-light: #b7b9d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999dc1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234,
    "s": 24.39,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70524,
    "c": 0.05268,
    "h": 280
  },
  "luminance": 0.34737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999DC1

secondary

#E1E0D5

accent

#9943A3

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111114

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #999DC1

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

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