#999EAD#999EAD

#999EAD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.023 H 271.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999EAD
RGB	rgb(153, 158, 173)
HSL	hsl(225, 11%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(225, 12%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.6%, 8.7%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.15, 1.28, -8.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.15, 8.49, 278.66°)
OKLab	oklab(70% 0.0004 -0.0226)
OKLCH	oklch(70% 0.023 271.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.9049, 34.2428, 44.4030)
Luminance	0.3424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999EAD #ADA899

analogous

#99A8AD #999EAD #9E99AD

triadic

#999EAD #AD999E #9EAD99

tetradic

#999EAD #AD99A8 #ADA899 #99AD9E

square

#999EAD #AD99A8 #ADA899 #99AD9E

split-complementary

#999EAD #AD9E99 #A8AD99

monochromatic

#5B6071 #777E92 #999EAD #BBBEC8 #DDDFE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#999EAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#999EAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999EAD

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999EAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999EAD	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9FAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989DAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95A1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999ead;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 158, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.023 271.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7bac5',
    500: '#999ead',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999ead;
$custom-light: #b7bac5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999ead",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 10.87,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70004,
    "c": 0.02259,
    "h": 271.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999EAD

secondary

#D4D3CD

accent

#845195

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111112

muted

#808081

Preview Lab

Preview with #999EAD

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

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