#999EAA#999EAA

#999EAA is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.018 H 267.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999EAA
RGB	rgb(153, 158, 170)
HSL	hsl(222, 9%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(222, 10%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 7.1%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.06, 0.65, -6.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.06, 6.88, 275.39°)
OKLab	oklab(69.9% -0.0007 -0.0184)
OKLCH	oklch(69.9% 0.018 267.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.6179, 34.1280, 42.8913)
Luminance	0.3413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999EAA #AAA599

analogous

#99A6AA #999EAA #9C99AA

triadic

#999EAA #AA999E #9EAA99

tetradic

#999EAA #AA99A6 #AAA599 #99AA9C

square

#999EAA #AA99A6 #AAA599 #99AA9C

split-complementary

#999EAA #AA9C99 #A6AA99

monochromatic

#5B616D #787E8E #999EAA #BABEC6 #DCDDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#999EAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#999EAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999EAA

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999EAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999EAA	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9FAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999DAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95A0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999eaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 158, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.018 267.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7bac3',
    500: '#999eaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999eaa;
$custom-light: #b7bac3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999eaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.353,
    "s": 9.091,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69903,
    "c": 0.0184,
    "h": 267.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999EAA

secondary

#D2D1CC

accent

#805293

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111112

muted

#808081

Preview Lab

Preview with #999EAA

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

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