#9999CA#9999CA

#9999CA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.071 H 284.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9999CA
RGB	rgb(153, 153, 202)
HSL	hsl(240, 32%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(240, 24%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 24.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.82, 10.66, -25.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.82, 27.29, 293.00°)
OKLab	oklab(70.07% 0.0177 -0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(70.07% 0.071 284.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.1861, 33.8184, 60.5394)
Luminance	0.3382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9999CA #CACA99

analogous

#99B2CA #9999CA #B299CA

triadic

#9999CA #CA9999 #99CA99

tetradic

#9999CA #CA99B2 #CACA99 #99CAB2

square

#9999CA #CA99B2 #CACA99 #99CAB2

split-complementary

#9999CA #CAB299 #B2CA99

monochromatic

#505099 #7171B5 #9999CA #C1C1DF #EAEAF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#9999CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#9999CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9999CA

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9999CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9999CA	1.00	2.70	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9FCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9CC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8EA1AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9999ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 153, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.071 284.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8b7da',
    500: '#9999ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9999ca;
$custom-light: #b8b7da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9999ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 31.613,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70069,
    "c": 0.07134,
    "h": 284.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9999CA

secondary

#E6E6D8

accent

#AA3BAA

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#111114

muted

#808083

Preview Lab

Preview with #9999CA

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

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