#9999CC#9999CC

#9999CC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.074 H 284.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9999CC
RGB	rgb(153, 153, 204)
HSL	hsl(240, 33%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(240, 25%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 25%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.89, 11.14, -26.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.89, 28.39, 293.11°)
OKLab	oklab(70.15% 0.0184 -0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(70.15% 0.074 284.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.4244, 33.9137, 61.7947)
Luminance	0.3391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9999CC #CCCC99

analogous

#99B2CC #9999CC #B299CC

triadic

#9999CC #CC9999 #99CC99

tetradic

#9999CC #CC99B3 #CCCC99 #99CCB3

square

#9999CC #CC99B3 #CCCC99 #99CCB3

split-complementary

#9999CC #CCB399 #B3CC99

monochromatic

#4E4E9C #7070B8 #9999CC #C2C2E0 #EBEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#9999CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#9999CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9999CC

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9999CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9999CC	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9FCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9CCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8DA2AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9999cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 153, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.074 284.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8b7db',
    500: '#9999cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9999cc;
$custom-light: #b8b7db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9999cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70153,
    "c": 0.07424,
    "h": 284.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9999CC

secondary

#E8E8D9

accent

#AC39AC

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#111115

muted

#808083

Preview Lab

Preview with #9999CC

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

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