#999DC4#999DC4

#999DC4 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.057 H 280.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999DC4
RGB	rgb(153, 157, 196)
HSL	hsl(234, 27%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(234, 22%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 19.9%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.65, 6.98, -20.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.65, 21.66, 288.80°)
OKLab	oklab(70.64% 0.0101 -0.0561)
OKLCH	oklch(70.64% 0.057 280.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.1552, 34.8711, 57.0925)
Luminance	0.3487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999DC4 #C4C099

analogous

#99B2C4 #999DC4 #AA99C4

triadic

#999DC4 #C4999D #9DC499

tetradic

#999DC4 #C499B2 #C4C099 #99C4AA

square

#999DC4 #C499B2 #C4C099 #99C4AA

split-complementary

#999DC4 #C4AA99 #B2C499

monochromatic

#535990 #7278AE #999DC4 #C0C2DA #E7E8F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#999DC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#999DC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999DC4

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999DC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999DC4	1.00	2.63	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.63	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)

#93A1C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919EC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FA4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999dc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 157, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.057 280.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7b9d6',
    500: '#999dc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999dc4;
$custom-light: #b7b9d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999dc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.419,
    "s": 26.708,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70642,
    "c": 0.05702,
    "h": 280.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999DC4

secondary

#E3E2D6

accent

#9C40A5

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#111114

muted

#808083

Preview Lab

Preview with #999DC4

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

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