#9999EA#9999EA

#9999EA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.117 H 283.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9999EA
RGB	rgb(153, 153, 234)
HSL	hsl(240, 66%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(240, 35%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.6%, 34.6%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.13, 18.72, -40.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.13, 44.89, 294.64°)
OKLab	oklab(71.52% 0.0264 -0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(71.52% 0.117 283)
XYZ	xyz(39.3753, 35.4940, 82.6024)
Luminance	0.3549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9999EA #EAEA99

analogous

#99C1EA #9999EA #C199EA

triadic

#9999EA #EA9999 #99EA99

tetradic

#9999EA #EA99C1 #EAEA99 #99EAC1

square

#9999EA #EA99C1 #EAEA99 #99EAC1

split-complementary

#9999EA #EAC199 #C1EA99

monochromatic

#3333D5 #6666E0 #9999EA #CCCCF4 #E6E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#9999EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#9999EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9999EA

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9999EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9999EA	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80A3ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D9EE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83A8B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9999ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 153, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.117 283.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b7f1',
    500: '#9999ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9999ea;
$custom-light: #b9b7f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9999ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71515,
    "c": 0.11706,
    "h": 283
  },
  "luminance": 0.35495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9999EA

secondary

#F1F1DA

accent

#CE18CE

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121116

muted

#818084

Preview Lab

Preview with #9999EA

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

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