#9999E8#9999E8

#9999E8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.114 H 283.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9999E8
RGB	rgb(153, 153, 232)
HSL	hsl(240, 63%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(240, 34%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 34.1%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.04, 18.20, -39.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.04, 43.80, 294.55°)
OKLab	oklab(71.42% 0.0259 -0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(71.42% 0.114 283.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.0896, 35.3797, 81.0977)
Luminance	0.3538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9999E8 #E8E899

analogous

#99C0E8 #9999E8 #C099E8

triadic

#9999E8 #E89999 #99E899

tetradic

#9999E8 #E899C0 #E8E899 #99E8C0

square

#9999E8 #E899C0 #E8E899 #99E8C0

split-complementary

#9999E8 #E8C099 #C0E899

monochromatic

#3535D1 #6767DD #9999E8 #CBCBF3 #E6E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#9999E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#9999E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9999E8

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9999E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9999E8	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81A3EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E9EE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84A8B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9999e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 153, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.114 283.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b7ef',
    500: '#9999e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9999e8;
$custom-light: #b9b7ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9999e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 63.2,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71419,
    "c": 0.11424,
    "h": 283.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9999E8

secondary

#F1F1DA

accent

#CB1BCB

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121116

muted

#818084

Preview Lab

Preview with #9999E8

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

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