#999EB2#999EB2

#999EB2 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.030 H 274.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999EB2
RGB	rgb(153, 158, 178)
HSL	hsl(228, 14%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(228, 14%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 11.2%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.31, 2.35, -10.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.31, 11.21, 282.12°)
OKLab	oklab(70.18% 0.0023 -0.0296)
OKLCH	oklch(70.18% 0.03 274.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.3978, 34.4400, 46.9989)
Luminance	0.3444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999EB2 #B2AD99

analogous

#99AAB2 #999EB2 #A199B2

triadic

#999EB2 #B2999E #9EB299

tetradic

#999EB2 #B299AA #B2AD99 #99B2A1

square

#999EB2 #B299AA #B2AD99 #99B2A1

split-complementary

#999EB2 #B2A199 #AAB299

monochromatic

#5A6077 #767D98 #999EB2 #BCBFCC #DFE0E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#999EB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#999EB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999EB2

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999EB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999EB2	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A0B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979EB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94A2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999eb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 158, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.030 274.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7bac9',
    500: '#999eb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999eb2;
$custom-light: #b7bac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999eb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228,
    "s": 13.966,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70178,
    "c": 0.0297,
    "h": 274.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999EB2

secondary

#D8D6CF

accent

#894D98

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111113

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #999EB2

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

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