#999FAC#999FAC

#999FAC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.020 H 265.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999FAC
RGB	rgb(153, 159, 172)
HSL	hsl(221, 10%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(221, 11%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 7.6%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.39, 0.51, -7.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.39, 7.49, 273.92°)
OKLab	oklab(70.18% -0.0014 -0.0201)
OKLCH	oklch(70.18% 0.02 265.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.9798, 34.5468, 43.9524)
Luminance	0.3455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999FAC #ACA699

analogous

#99A8AC #999FAC #9C99AC

triadic

#999FAC #AC999F #9FAC99

tetradic

#999FAC #AC99A8 #ACA699 #99AC9C

square

#999FAC #AC99A8 #ACA699 #99AC9C

split-complementary

#999FAC #AC9C99 #A8AC99

monochromatic

#5B6170 #777F91 #999FAC #BBBFC7 #DCDFE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#999FAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#999FAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999FAC

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999FAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999FAC	1.00	2.66	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA0AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9EAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95A1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999fac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 159, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.020 265.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7bbc4',
    500: '#999fac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999fac;
$custom-light: #b7bbc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999fac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.053,
    "s": 10.27,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70182,
    "c": 0.02016,
    "h": 265.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999FAC

secondary

#D4D2CD

accent

#7F5194

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111112

muted

#808081

Preview Lab

Preview with #999FAC

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

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