#9999DF#9999DF

#9999DF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.102 H 283.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9999DF
RGB	rgb(153, 153, 223)
HSL	hsl(240, 52%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(240, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.4%, 31.4%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.66, 15.87, -35.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.66, 38.87, 294.10°)
OKLab	oklab(70.99% 0.0237 -0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(70.99% 0.102 283.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.8438, 34.8814, 74.5366)
Luminance	0.3488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9999DF #DFDF99

analogous

#99BCDF #9999DF #BC99DF

triadic

#9999DF #DF9999 #99DF99

tetradic

#9999DF #DF99BC #DFDF99 #99DFBC

square

#9999DF #DF99BC #DFDF99 #99DFBC

split-complementary

#9999DF #DFBC99 #BCDF99

monochromatic

#3D3DC1 #6A6AD0 #9999DF #C8C8EE #E8E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#9999DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#9999DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9999DF

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9999DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9999DF	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84A2E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829DDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87A6B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9999df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 153, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.102 283.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b7e9',
    500: '#9999df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9999df;
$custom-light: #b9b7e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9999df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 52.239,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70993,
    "c": 0.1015,
    "h": 283.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9999DF

secondary

#EFEFDC

accent

#C026C0

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121116

muted

#818084

Preview Lab

Preview with #9999DF

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

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