#999FBE#999FBE

#999FBE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.046 H 276.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999FBE
RGB	rgb(153, 159, 190)
HSL	hsl(230, 22%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(230, 19%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.5%, 16.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.97, 4.47, -16.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.97, 17.26, 285.01°)
OKLab	oklab(70.82% 0.0052 -0.0454)
OKLCH	oklch(70.82% 0.046 276.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.8270, 35.2857, 53.6811)
Luminance	0.3529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999FBE #BEB899

analogous

#99B2BE #999FBE #A699BE

triadic

#999FBE #BE999F #9FBE99

tetradic

#999FBE #BE99B2 #BEB899 #99BEA6

square

#999FBE #BE99B2 #BEB899 #99BEA6

split-complementary

#999FBE #BEA699 #B2BE99

monochromatic

#565E87 #747CA6 #999FBE #BEC2D6 #E4E5EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#999FBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#999FBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999FBE

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999FBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999FBE	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A2BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949FBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91A4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999fbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 159, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.046 276.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999fbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.27,
    "s": 22.156,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70824,
    "c": 0.04571,
    "h": 276.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999FBE

secondary

#DFDDD4

accent

#9245A1

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111114

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #999FBE

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

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