#9999E2#9999E2

#9999E2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.106 H 283.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9999E2
RGB	rgb(153, 153, 226)
HSL	hsl(240, 56%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(240, 32%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.3%, 32.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.78, 16.64, -36.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.78, 40.51, 294.25°)
OKLab	oklab(71.13% 0.0245 -0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(71.13% 0.106 283.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.2519, 35.0447, 76.6857)
Luminance	0.3505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9999E2 #E2E299

analogous

#99BEE2 #9999E2 #BE99E2

triadic

#9999E2 #E29999 #99E299

tetradic

#9999E2 #E299BE #E2E299 #99E2BE

square

#9999E2 #E299BE #E2E299 #99E2BE

split-complementary

#9999E2 #E2BE99 #BEE299

monochromatic

#3A3AC7 #6969D4 #9999E2 #C9C9F0 #E7E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#9999E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#9999E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9999E2

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9999E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9999E2	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83A2E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819DE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86A6B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9999e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 153, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.106 283.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b7eb',
    500: '#9999e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9999e2;
$custom-light: #b9b7eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9999e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 55.725,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71133,
    "c": 0.10576,
    "h": 283.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9999E2

secondary

#EFEFDC

accent

#C322C3

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121116

muted

#818084

Preview Lab

Preview with #9999E2

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

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