#9999ED#9999ED

#9999ED is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.121 H 282.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9999ED
RGB	rgb(153, 153, 237)
HSL	hsl(240, 70%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(240, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.4%, 35.4%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.27, 19.51, -42.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.27, 46.53, 294.79°)
OKLab	oklab(71.66% 0.0271 -0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(71.66% 0.121 282.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.8099, 35.6679, 84.8914)
Luminance	0.3567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9999ED #EDED99

analogous

#99C3ED #9999ED #C399ED

triadic

#9999ED #ED9999 #99ED99

tetradic

#9999ED #ED99C3 #EDED99 #99EDC3

square

#9999ED #ED99C3 #EDED99 #99EDC3

split-complementary

#9999ED #EDC399 #C3ED99

monochromatic

#3131DB #6565E4 #9999ED #CDCDF6 #E5E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#9999ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#9999ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9999ED

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9999ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9999ED	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7EA4F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B9EEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82A9B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9999ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 153, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.121 282.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b7f3',
    500: '#9999ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9999ed;
$custom-light: #b9b7f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9999ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71662,
    "c": 0.12126,
    "h": 282.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9999ED

secondary

#F2F2D9

accent

#D214D2

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121117

muted

#818085

Preview Lab

Preview with #9999ED

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

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