#9999EC#9999EC

#9999EC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.120 H 283.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9999EC
RGB	rgb(153, 153, 236)
HSL	hsl(240, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(240, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 35.2%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.22, 19.24, -41.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.22, 45.98, 294.74°)
OKLab	oklab(71.61% 0.0269 -0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(71.61% 0.12 283)
XYZ	xyz(39.6642, 35.6096, 84.1241)
Luminance	0.3561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9999EC #ECEC99

analogous

#99C3EC #9999EC #C399EC

triadic

#9999EC #EC9999 #99EC99

tetradic

#9999EC #EC99C3 #ECEC99 #99ECC3

square

#9999EC #EC99C3 #ECEC99 #99ECC3

split-complementary

#9999EC #ECC399 #C3EC99

monochromatic

#3232D9 #6565E2 #9999EC #CDCDF6 #E5E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#9999EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#9999EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9999EC

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9999EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9999EC	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7FA4EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C9EEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83A9B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9999ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 153, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.120 283.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b7f2',
    500: '#9999ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9999ec;
$custom-light: #b9b7f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9999ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 68.595,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71613,
    "c": 0.11986,
    "h": 283
  },
  "luminance": 0.35611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9999EC

secondary

#F2F2D9

accent

#D115D1

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121117

muted

#818085

Preview Lab

Preview with #9999EC

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

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