#999DC2#999DC2

#999DC2 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.054 H 280.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999DC2
RGB	rgb(153, 157, 194)
HSL	hsl(234, 25%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(234, 21%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 19.1%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.58, 6.51, -19.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.58, 20.55, 288.47°)
OKLab	oklab(70.56% 0.0095 -0.0533)
OKLCH	oklch(70.56% 0.054 280.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.9291, 34.7807, 55.9016)
Luminance	0.3478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999DC2 #C2BE99

analogous

#99B1C2 #999DC2 #A999C2

triadic

#999DC2 #C2999D #9DC299

tetradic

#999DC2 #C299B1 #C2BE99 #99C2A9

square

#999DC2 #C299B1 #C2BE99 #99C2A9

split-complementary

#999DC2 #C2A999 #B1C299

monochromatic

#545A8D #7378AB #999DC2 #BFC2D9 #E6E7F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#999DC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#999DC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999DC2

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999DC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999DC2	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A1C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919EC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90A3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999dc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 157, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.054 280.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7b9d4',
    500: '#999dc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999dc2;
$custom-light: #b7b9d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999dc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.146,
    "s": 25.153,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70563,
    "c": 0.05412,
    "h": 280.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999DC2

secondary

#E2E0D5

accent

#9A42A4

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#111114

muted

#808083

Preview Lab

Preview with #999DC2

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

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