#999ECC#999ECC

#999ECC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.067 H 279.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999ECC
RGB	rgb(153, 158, 204)
HSL	hsl(234, 33%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(234, 25%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 22.5%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.20, 8.32, -24.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.20, 25.50, 289.03°)
OKLab	oklab(71.17% 0.0113 -0.0663)
OKLCH	oklch(71.17% 0.067 279.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.2600, 35.5848, 62.0732)
Luminance	0.3559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999ECC #CCC799

analogous

#99B7CC #999ECC #AE99CC

triadic

#999ECC #CC999E #9ECC99

tetradic

#999ECC #CC99B7 #CCC799 #99CCAE

square

#999ECC #CC99B7 #CCC799 #99CCAE

split-complementary

#999ECC #CCAE99 #B7CC99

monochromatic

#4E569C #7077B8 #999ECC #C2C5E0 #EBECF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#999ECC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#999ECC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999ECC

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999ECC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999ECC	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A3CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9FCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8DA6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999ecc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 158, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.067 279.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8badb',
    500: '#999ecc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999ecc;
$custom-light: #b8badb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999ecc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.118,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71168,
    "c": 0.06723,
    "h": 279.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999ECC

secondary

#E8E6D9

accent

#A139AC

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#111115

muted

#808083

Preview Lab

Preview with #999ECC

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

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