#99A8CB#99A8CB

#99A8CB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.054 H 266.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#99A8CB
RGB	rgb(153, 168, 203)
HSL	hsl(222, 32%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(222, 25%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.6%, 17.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.82, 2.49, -19.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.82, 19.73, 277.25°)
OKLab	oklab(73.2% -0.003 -0.0535)
OKLCH	oklch(73.2% 0.054 266.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.9161, 39.0883, 62.0354)
Luminance	0.3909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#99A8CB #CBBC99

analogous

#99C1CB #99A8CB #A399CB

triadic

#99A8CB #CB99A8 #A8CB99

tetradic

#99A8CB #CB99C1 #CBBC99 #99CBA3

square

#99A8CB #CB99C1 #CBBC99 #99CBA3

split-complementary

#99A8CB #CBA399 #C1CB99

monochromatic

#4F669B #7085B6 #99A8CB #C2CBE0 #EAEDF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#99A8CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#99A8CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99A8CB

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99A8CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99A8CB	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DAACD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A6CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8CAFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #99a8cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 168, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.054 266.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8c1db',
    500: '#99a8cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99a8cb;
$custom-light: #b8c1db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99a8cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222,
    "s": 32.468,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73196,
    "c": 0.05363,
    "h": 266.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99A8CB

secondary

#E7E3D9

accent

#893AAB

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F7FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#111215

muted

#808183

Preview Lab

Preview with #99A8CB

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

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