#999EC0#999EC0

#999EC0 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.050 H 278.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999EC0
RGB	rgb(153, 158, 192)
HSL	hsl(232, 24%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(232, 20%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 17.7%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.77, 5.49, -18.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.77, 18.90, 286.88°)
OKLab	oklab(70.69% 0.0074 -0.0493)
OKLCH	oklch(70.69% 0.05 278.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.8758, 35.0312, 54.7832)
Luminance	0.3503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999EC0 #C0BB99

analogous

#99B1C0 #999EC0 #A899C0

triadic

#999EC0 #C0999E #9EC099

tetradic

#999EC0 #C099B1 #C0BB99 #99C0A8

square

#999EC0 #C099B1 #C0BB99 #99C0A8

split-complementary

#999EC0 #C0A899 #B1C099

monochromatic

#555C8A #737AA9 #999EC0 #BFC2D7 #E5E6EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#999EC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#999EC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999EC0

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999EC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999EC0	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A1C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939EBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90A4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999ec0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 158, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.050 278.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7bad3',
    500: '#999ec0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999ec0;
$custom-light: #b7bad3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999ec0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.308,
    "s": 23.636,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70692,
    "c": 0.04988,
    "h": 278.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999EC0

secondary

#E0DFD4

accent

#9643A2

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111114

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #999EC0

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

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