#9999D5#9999D5

#9999D5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.087 H 283.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9999D5
RGB	rgb(153, 153, 213)
HSL	hsl(240, 42%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(240, 28%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.2%, 28.2%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.25, 13.35, -30.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.25, 33.36, 293.59°)
OKLab	oklab(70.54% 0.021 -0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(70.54% 0.087 283.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.5352, 34.3580, 67.6447)
Luminance	0.3436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9999D5 #D5D599

analogous

#99B7D5 #9999D5 #B799D5

triadic

#9999D5 #D59999 #99D599

tetradic

#9999D5 #D599B7 #D5D599 #99D5B7

square

#9999D5 #D599B7 #D5D599 #99D5B7

split-complementary

#9999D5 #D5B799 #B7D599

monochromatic

#4747AD #6E6EC3 #9999D5 #C4C4E7 #E9E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#9999D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#9999D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9999D5

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9999D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9999D5	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A0D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869DD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8BA4AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9999d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 153, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.087 283.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8b7e2',
    500: '#9999d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9999d5;
$custom-light: #b8b7e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9999d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 41.667,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70541,
    "c": 0.08721,
    "h": 283.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9999D5

secondary

#EDEDDD

accent

#B531B5

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#111115

muted

#808083

Preview Lab

Preview with #9999D5

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

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