#999FAE#999FAE

#999FAE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.023 H 268.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999FAE
RGB	rgb(153, 159, 174)
HSL	hsl(223, 11%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(223, 12%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 8.6%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.45, 0.94, -8.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.45, 8.56, 276.28°)
OKLab	oklab(70.25% -0.0007 -0.0229)
OKLCH	oklch(70.25% 0.023 268.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.1733, 34.6242, 44.9716)
Luminance	0.3463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999FAE #AEA899

analogous

#99AAAE #999FAE #9E99AE

triadic

#999FAE #AE999F #9FAE99

tetradic

#999FAE #AE99AA #AEA899 #99AE9E

square

#999FAE #AE99AA #AEA899 #99AE9E

split-complementary

#999FAE #AE9E99 #AAAE99

monochromatic

#5B6172 #777F93 #999FAE #BBBFC9 #DDDFE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#999FAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#999FAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999FAE

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999FAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999FAE	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA0AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999EAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94A2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999fae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 159, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.023 268.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7bbc6',
    500: '#999fae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999fae;
$custom-light: #b7bbc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999fae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.857,
    "s": 11.475,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7025,
    "c": 0.02292,
    "h": 268.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999FAE

secondary

#D5D3CE

accent

#825096

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111113

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #999FAE

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

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