#9599FF#9599FF

#9599FF is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.147 H 280.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9599FF
RGB	rgb(149, 153, 255)
HSL	hsl(238, 100%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(238, 42%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.6%, 40%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.82, 23.35, -51.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.82, 56.31, 294.51°)
OKLab	oklab(72.29% 0.0264 -0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(72.29% 0.147 280.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.8303, 36.3902, 99.4083)
Luminance	0.3639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9599FF #FFFB95

analogous

#95CEFF #9599FF #C695FF

triadic

#9599FF #FF9599 #99FF95

tetradic

#9599FF #FF95CE #FFFB95 #95FFC6

square

#9599FF #FF95CE #FFFB95 #95FFC6

split-complementary

#9599FF #FFC695 #CEFF95

monochromatic

#1B23FF #585EFF #9599FF #D2D4FF #E0E2FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#9599FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#9599FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9599FF

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9599FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9599FF	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#74A7FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E9FFD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74ADC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9599ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 153, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.147 280.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8b7ff',
    500: '#9599ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9599ff;
$custom-light: #b8b7ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9599ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.736,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72287,
    "c": 0.14682,
    "h": 280.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9599FF

secondary

#F7F6D4

accent

#DD00E6

background

#FBFBFF

surface

#F6F6FF

border

#D0D0D7

text

#121118

muted

#818086

Preview Lab

Preview with #9599FF

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

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