#999EAE#999EAE

#999EAE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.024 H 271.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999EAE
RGB	rgb(153, 158, 174)
HSL	hsl(226, 11%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(226, 12%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 9.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.19, 1.49, -8.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.19, 9.03, 279.51°)
OKLab	oklab(70.04% 0.0008 -0.024)
OKLCH	oklch(70.04% 0.024 271.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.0020, 34.2816, 44.9145)
Luminance	0.3428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999EAE #AEA999

analogous

#99A9AE #999EAE #9F99AE

triadic

#999EAE #AE999E #9EAE99

tetradic

#999EAE #AE99A9 #AEA999 #99AE9F

square

#999EAE #AE99A9 #AEA999 #99AE9F

split-complementary

#999EAE #AE9F99 #A9AE99

monochromatic

#5B6072 #777E93 #999EAE #BBBEC9 #DDDFE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#999EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#999EAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999EAE

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999EAE	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9FAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989DAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94A1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 158, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.024 271.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7bac6',
    500: '#999eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999eae;
$custom-light: #b7bac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.714,
    "s": 11.475,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70039,
    "c": 0.024,
    "h": 271.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999EAE

secondary

#D5D3CE

accent

#855096

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111113

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #999EAE

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

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