#999FAA#999FAA

#999FAA is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.017 H 262.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999FAA
RGB	rgb(153, 159, 170)
HSL	hsl(219, 9%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(219, 10%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 6.5%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.33, 0.09, -6.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.33, 6.45, 270.82°)
OKLab	oklab(70.12% -0.0022 -0.0173)
OKLCH	oklch(70.12% 0.017 262.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.7892, 34.4705, 42.9484)
Luminance	0.3447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999FAA #AAA499

analogous

#99A7AA #999FAA #9B99AA

triadic

#999FAA #AA999F #9FAA99

tetradic

#999FAA #AA99A7 #AAA499 #99AA9B

square

#999FAA #AA99A7 #AAA499 #99AA9B

split-complementary

#999FAA #AA9B99 #A7AA99

monochromatic

#5B626D #78808E #999FAA #BABEC6 #DCDEE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#999FAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#999FAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999FAA

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999FAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999FAA	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)

#9C9FAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9EAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95A1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999faa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 159, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.017 262.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7bbc3',
    500: '#999faa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999faa;
$custom-light: #b7bbc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999faa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.824,
    "s": 9.091,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70115,
    "c": 0.01745,
    "h": 262.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999FAA

secondary

#D2D0CC

accent

#7C5293

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111112

muted

#808081

Preview Lab

Preview with #999FAA

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

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