#999EBF#999EBF

#999EBF is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.048 H 278.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999EBF
RGB	rgb(153, 158, 191)
HSL	hsl(232, 23%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(232, 20%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 17.3%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.74, 5.26, -17.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.74, 18.35, 286.65°)
OKLab	oklab(70.65% 0.007 -0.0479)
OKLCH	oklch(70.65% 0.048 278.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.7654, 34.9870, 54.2016)
Luminance	0.3499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999EBF #BFBA99

analogous

#99B1BF #999EBF #A799BF

triadic

#999EBF #BF999E #9EBF99

tetradic

#999EBF #BF99B1 #BFBA99 #99BFA7

square

#999EBF #BF99B1 #BFBA99 #99BFA7

split-complementary

#999EBF #BFA799 #B1BF99

monochromatic

#555C88 #737AA7 #999EBF #BFC2D7 #E4E6EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#999EBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#999EBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999EBF

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999EBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999EBF	1.00	2.63	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A1C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939EBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90A4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999ebf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 158, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.048 278.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7bad2',
    500: '#999ebf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999ebf;
$custom-light: #b7bad2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999ebf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.105,
    "s": 22.892,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70654,
    "c": 0.04844,
    "h": 278.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999EBF

secondary

#E0DED4

accent

#9544A1

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111114

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #999EBF

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

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