#9999DD#9999DD

#9999DD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.099 H 283.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9999DD
RGB	rgb(153, 153, 221)
HSL	hsl(240, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(240, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.8%, 30.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.57, 15.36, -34.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.57, 37.77, 294.00°)
OKLab	oklab(70.9% 0.0232 -0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(70.9% 0.099 283.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.5758, 34.7742, 73.1249)
Luminance	0.3478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9999DD #DDDD99

analogous

#99BBDD #9999DD #BB99DD

triadic

#9999DD #DD9999 #99DD99

tetradic

#9999DD #DD99BB #DDDD99 #99DDBB

square

#9999DD #DD99BB #DDDD99 #99DDBB

split-complementary

#9999DD #DDBB99 #BBDD99

monochromatic

#3F3FBD #6B6BCE #9999DD #C7C7EC #E8E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#9999DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#9999DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9999DD

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9999DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9999DD	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85A1E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839DDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88A5B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9999dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 153, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.099 283.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8b7e8',
    500: '#9999dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9999dd;
$custom-light: #b8b7e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9999dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70901,
    "c": 0.09864,
    "h": 283.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9999DD

secondary

#EEEEDD

accent

#BD28BD

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #9999DD

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

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