#9999DC#9999DC

#9999DC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.097 H 283.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9999DC
RGB	rgb(153, 153, 220)
HSL	hsl(240, 49%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(240, 30%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 30.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.53, 15.11, -34.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.53, 37.22, 293.95°)
OKLab	oklab(70.86% 0.0229 -0.0945)
OKLCH	oklch(70.86% 0.097 283.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.4429, 34.7211, 72.4253)
Luminance	0.3472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9999DC #DCDC99

analogous

#99BADC #9999DC #BA99DC

triadic

#9999DC #DC9999 #99DC99

tetradic

#9999DC #DC99BA #DCDC99 #99DCBA

square

#9999DC #DC99BA #DCDC99 #99DCBA

split-complementary

#9999DC #DCBA99 #BADC99

monochromatic

#4040BB #6B6BCC #9999DC #C7C7EC #E8E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#9999DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#9999DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9999DC

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9999DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9999DC	1.00	2.64	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A1DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839DDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88A5B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9999dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 153, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.097 283.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8b7e7',
    500: '#9999dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9999dc;
$custom-light: #b8b7e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9999dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 48.905,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70856,
    "c": 0.09722,
    "h": 283.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9999DC

secondary

#EEEEDD

accent

#BC29BC

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #9999DC

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

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