#9999DB#9999DB

#9999DB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.096 H 283.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9999DB
RGB	rgb(153, 153, 219)
HSL	hsl(240, 48%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(240, 30%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.1%, 30.1%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.49, 14.85, -33.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.49, 36.67, 293.90°)
OKLab	oklab(70.81% 0.0227 -0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(70.81% 0.096 283.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.3109, 34.6683, 71.7299)
Luminance	0.3467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9999DB #DBDB99

analogous

#99BADB #9999DB #BA99DB

triadic

#9999DB #DB9999 #99DB99

tetradic

#9999DB #DB99BA #DBDB99 #99DBBA

square

#9999DB #DB99BA #DBDB99 #99DBBA

split-complementary

#9999DB #DBBA99 #BADB99

monochromatic

#4141B8 #6C6CCB #9999DB #C6C6EB #E8E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#9999DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#9999DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9999DB

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9999DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9999DB	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A1DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849DD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#89A5B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9999db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 153, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.096 283.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8b7e6',
    500: '#9999db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9999db;
$custom-light: #b8b7e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9999db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7081,
    "c": 0.0958,
    "h": 283.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9999DB

secondary

#EEEEDD

accent

#BB2ABB

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #9999DB

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

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