#999EA9#999EA9

#999EA9 is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.017 H 266.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999EA9
RGB	rgb(153, 158, 169)
HSL	hsl(221, 9%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(221, 9%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 6.5%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.03, 0.44, -6.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.03, 6.34, 273.95°)
OKLab	oklab(69.87% -0.0011 -0.017)
OKLCH	oklch(69.87% 0.017 266.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.5237, 34.0903, 42.3950)
Luminance	0.3409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999EA9 #A9A499

analogous

#99A6A9 #999EA9 #9C99A9

triadic

#999EA9 #A9999E #9EA999

tetradic

#999EA9 #A999A6 #A9A499 #99A99C

square

#999EA9 #A999A6 #A9A499 #99A99C

split-complementary

#999EA9 #A99C99 #A6A999

monochromatic

#5B616C #787E8D #999EA9 #BABEC5 #DBDDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#999EA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#999EA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999EA9

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999EA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999EA9	1.00	2.69	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9FAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999DA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96A0A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999ea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 158, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.017 266.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7bac2',
    500: '#999ea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999ea9;
$custom-light: #b7bac2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999ea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.25,
    "s": 8.511,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6987,
    "c": 0.01703,
    "h": 266.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999EA9

secondary

#D2D0CC

accent

#7F5392

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111112

muted

#808081

Preview Lab

Preview with #999EA9

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

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