#9599E3#9599E3

#9599E3 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.108 H 280.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9599E3
RGB	rgb(149, 153, 227)
HSL	hsl(237, 58%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(237, 34%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.4%, 32.6%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.53, 15.79, -37.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.53, 41.07, 292.61°)
OKLab	oklab(70.88% 0.0204 -0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(70.88% 0.108 280.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.6469, 34.7168, 77.3756)
Luminance	0.3472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9599E3 #E3DF95

analogous

#95C0E3 #9599E3 #B895E3

triadic

#9599E3 #E39599 #99E395

tetradic

#9599E3 #E395C0 #E3DF95 #95E3B8

square

#9599E3 #E395C0 #E3DF95 #95E3B8

split-complementary

#9599E3 #E3B895 #C0E395

monochromatic

#353DC9 #656AD6 #9599E3 #C5C8F0 #E7E8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#9599E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#9599E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9599E3

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9599E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9599E3	1.00	2.64	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82A2E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E9DE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#80A7B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9599e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 153, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.108 280.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6b7ec',
    500: '#9599e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9599e3;
$custom-light: #b6b7ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9599e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.923,
    "s": 58.209,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70876,
    "c": 0.1077,
    "h": 280.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9599E3

secondary

#F0EFDB

accent

#BD20C6

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #9599E3

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

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