#999FC0#999FC0

#999FC0 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.049 H 277.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999FC0
RGB	rgb(153, 159, 192)
HSL	hsl(231, 24%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(231, 20%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 17.2%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.04, 4.93, -17.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.04, 18.35, 285.58°)
OKLab	oklab(70.9% 0.0059 -0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(70.9% 0.049 277)
XYZ	xyz(35.0471, 35.3737, 54.8403)
Luminance	0.3537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999FC0 #C0BA99

analogous

#99B2C0 #999FC0 #A699C0

triadic

#999FC0 #C0999F #9FC099

tetradic

#999FC0 #C099B2 #C0BA99 #99C0A6

square

#999FC0 #C099B2 #C0BA99 #99C0A6

split-complementary

#999FC0 #C0A699 #B2C099

monochromatic

#555D8A #737BA9 #999FC0 #BFC3D7 #E5E6EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#999FC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#999FC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999FC0

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999FC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999FC0	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)

#96A2C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949FBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90A5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999fc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 159, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.049 277.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7bbd3',
    500: '#999fc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999fc0;
$custom-light: #b7bbd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999fc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.769,
    "s": 23.636,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.709,
    "c": 0.04859,
    "h": 277
  },
  "luminance": 0.35374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999FC0

secondary

#E0DFD4

accent

#9443A2

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111114

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #999FC0

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

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