#999DC3#999DC3

#999DC3 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.056 H 280.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999DC3
RGB	rgb(153, 157, 195)
HSL	hsl(234, 26%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(234, 22%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.5%, 19.5%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.61, 6.75, -20.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.61, 21.11, 288.64°)
OKLab	oklab(70.6% 0.0098 -0.0547)
OKLCH	oklch(70.6% 0.056 280.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.0417, 34.8257, 56.4950)
Luminance	0.3483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999DC3 #C3BF99

analogous

#99B2C3 #999DC3 #AA99C3

triadic

#999DC3 #C3999D #9DC399

tetradic

#999DC3 #C399B2 #C3BF99 #99C3AA

square

#999DC3 #C399B2 #C3BF99 #99C3AA

split-complementary

#999DC3 #C3AA99 #B2C399

monochromatic

#54598E #7278AC #999DC3 #C0C2DA #E6E7F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#999DC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#999DC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999DC3

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999DC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999DC3	1.00	2.64	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A1C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919EC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FA4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999dc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 157, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.056 280.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7b9d5',
    500: '#999dc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999dc3;
$custom-light: #b7b9d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999dc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.286,
    "s": 25.926,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70602,
    "c": 0.05557,
    "h": 280.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999DC3

secondary

#E2E1D6

accent

#9B41A4

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#111114

muted

#808083

Preview Lab

Preview with #999DC3

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

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