#999FBD#999FBD

#999FBD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.044 H 276.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999FBD
RGB	rgb(153, 159, 189)
HSL	hsl(230, 21%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(230, 19%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 15.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.94, 4.24, -16.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.94, 16.71, 284.71°)
OKLab	oklab(70.79% 0.0049 -0.044)
OKLCH	oklch(70.79% 0.044 276.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.7181, 35.2421, 53.1075)
Luminance	0.3524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999FBD #BDB799

analogous

#99B1BD #999FBD #A599BD

triadic

#999FBD #BD999F #9FBD99

tetradic

#999FBD #BD99B1 #BDB799 #99BDA5

square

#999FBD #BD99B1 #BDB799 #99BDA5

split-complementary

#999FBD #BDA599 #B1BD99

monochromatic

#565E85 #747CA5 #999FBD #BEC2D5 #E3E5ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#999FBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#999FBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999FBD

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999FBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999FBD	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A2BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959FBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91A4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999fbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 159, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.044 276.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7bbd1',
    500: '#999fbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999fbd;
$custom-light: #b7bbd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999fbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230,
    "s": 21.429,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70787,
    "c": 0.04427,
    "h": 276.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999FBD

secondary

#DFDDD3

accent

#9146A0

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111114

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #999FBD

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

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