#999EBE#999EBE

#999EBE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.047 H 278.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999EBE
RGB	rgb(153, 158, 190)
HSL	hsl(232, 22%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(232, 19%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.5%, 16.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.70, 5.03, -17.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.70, 17.80, 286.42°)
OKLab	oklab(70.62% 0.0067 -0.0465)
OKLCH	oklch(70.62% 0.047 278.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.6558, 34.9431, 53.6241)
Luminance	0.3494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999EBE #BEB999

analogous

#99B1BE #999EBE #A799BE

triadic

#999EBE #BE999E #9EBE99

tetradic

#999EBE #BE99B1 #BEB999 #99BEA7

square

#999EBE #BE99B1 #BEB999 #99BEA7

split-complementary

#999EBE #BEA799 #B1BE99

monochromatic

#565C87 #747AA6 #999EBE #BEC2D6 #E4E5EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#999EBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99

#999EBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999EBE

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999EBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999EBE	1.00	2.63	7.99	7.99
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A1BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939EBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91A4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999ebe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 158, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.047 278.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7bad1',
    500: '#999ebe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999ebe;
$custom-light: #b7bad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999ebe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.892,
    "s": 22.156,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70616,
    "c": 0.04699,
    "h": 278.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999EBE

secondary

#DFDED4

accent

#9445A1

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111114

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #999EBE

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

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