#999FBF#999FBF

#999FBF is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.047 H 276.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999FBF
RGB	rgb(153, 159, 191)
HSL	hsl(231, 23%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(231, 20%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 16.8%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.00, 4.70, -17.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.00, 17.81, 285.30°)
OKLab	oklab(70.86% 0.0056 -0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(70.86% 0.047 276.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.9367, 35.3295, 54.2587)
Luminance	0.3533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999FBF #BFB999

analogous

#99B2BF #999FBF #A699BF

triadic

#999FBF #BF999F #9FBF99

tetradic

#999FBF #BF99B2 #BFB999 #99BFA6

square

#999FBF #BF99B2 #BFB999 #99BFA6

split-complementary

#999FBF #BFA699 #B2BF99

monochromatic

#555D88 #737CA7 #999FBF #BFC2D7 #E4E6EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#999FBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#999FBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999FBF

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999FBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999FBF	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A2C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949FBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90A5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999fbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 159, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.047 276.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7bbd2',
    500: '#999fbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999fbf;
$custom-light: #b7bbd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999fbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.526,
    "s": 22.892,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70862,
    "c": 0.04715,
    "h": 276.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999FBF

secondary

#E0DED4

accent

#9344A1

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111114

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #999FBF

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

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