#9999C8#9999C8

#9999C8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.068 H 284.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9999C8
RGB	rgb(153, 153, 200)
HSL	hsl(240, 30%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(240, 24%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.5%, 23.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.74, 10.18, -24.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.74, 26.18, 292.89°)
OKLab	oklab(69.99% 0.0171 -0.0663)
OKLCH	oklch(69.99% 0.068 284.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.9509, 33.7243, 59.3004)
Luminance	0.3372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9999C8 #C8C899

analogous

#99B1C8 #9999C8 #B199C8

triadic

#9999C8 #C89999 #99C899

tetradic

#9999C8 #C899B1 #C8C899 #99C8B1

square

#9999C8 #C899B1 #C8C899 #99C8B1

split-complementary

#9999C8 #C8B199 #B1C899

monochromatic

#515196 #7171B3 #9999C8 #C1C1DD #E9E9F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#9999C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#9999C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9999C8

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9999C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9999C8	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D9ECA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9CC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8EA1A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9999c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 153, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.068 284.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7b7d8',
    500: '#9999c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9999c8;
$custom-light: #b7b7d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9999c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 29.936,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69986,
    "c": 0.06845,
    "h": 284.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9999C8

secondary

#E5E5D8

accent

#A93DA9

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#111114

muted

#808083

Preview Lab

Preview with #9999C8

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

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