#99A0BE#99A0BE

#99A0BE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.044 H 274.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#99A0BE
RGB	rgb(153, 160, 190)
HSL	hsl(229, 22%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(229, 19%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.5%, 15.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.24, 3.91, -16.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.24, 16.73, 283.52°)
OKLab	oklab(71.03% 0.0038 -0.0443)
OKLCH	oklch(71.03% 0.044 274.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.9997, 35.6310, 53.7387)
Luminance	0.3563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#99A0BE #BEB799

analogous

#99B3BE #99A0BE #A599BE

triadic

#99A0BE #BE99A0 #A0BE99

tetradic

#99A0BE #BE99B3 #BEB799 #99BEA5

square

#99A0BE #BE99B3 #BEB799 #99BEA5

split-complementary

#99A0BE #BEA599 #B3BE99

monochromatic

#565F87 #747DA6 #99A0BE #BEC3D6 #E4E6EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#99A0BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#99A0BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99A0BE

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99A0BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99A0BE	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A3BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A0BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90A5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #99a0be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 160, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.044 274.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7bcd1',
    500: '#99a0be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99a0be;
$custom-light: #b7bcd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99a0be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.649,
    "s": 22.156,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71032,
    "c": 0.04445,
    "h": 274.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99A0BE

secondary

#DFDDD4

accent

#8F45A1

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111214

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #99A0BE

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

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