#9999DE#9999DE

#9999DE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.100 H 283.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9999DE
RGB	rgb(153, 153, 222)
HSL	hsl(240, 51%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(240, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.1%, 31.1%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.61, 15.62, -34.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.61, 38.32, 294.05°)
OKLab	oklab(70.95% 0.0235 -0.0973)
OKLCH	oklch(70.95% 0.1 283.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.7094, 34.8277, 73.8287)
Luminance	0.3483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9999DE #DEDE99

analogous

#99BBDE #9999DE #BB99DE

triadic

#9999DE #DE9999 #99DE99

tetradic

#9999DE #DE99BB #DEDE99 #99DEBB

square

#9999DE #DE99BB #DEDE99 #99DEBB

split-complementary

#9999DE #DEBB99 #BBDE99

monochromatic

#3E3EBF #6B6BCF #9999DE #C7C7ED #E8E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#9999DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#9999DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9999DE

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9999DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9999DE	1.00	2.64	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85A2E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829DDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88A6B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9999de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 153, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.100 283.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b7e8',
    500: '#9999de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9999de;
$custom-light: #b9b7e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9999de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70947,
    "c": 0.10008,
    "h": 283.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9999DE

secondary

#EFEFDC

accent

#BE27BE

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #9999DE

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

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