#9999EE#9999EE

#9999EE is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.123 H 282.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9999EE
RGB	rgb(153, 153, 238)
HSL	hsl(240, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(240, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 35.7%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.31, 19.77, -42.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.31, 47.07, 294.84°)
OKLab	oklab(71.71% 0.0273 -0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(71.71% 0.123 282.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.9564, 35.7265, 85.6630)
Luminance	0.3573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9999EE #EEEE99

analogous

#99C4EE #9999EE #C499EE

triadic

#9999EE #EE9999 #99EE99

tetradic

#9999EE #EE99C4 #EEEE99 #99EEC4

square

#9999EE #EE99C4 #EEEE99 #99EEC4

split-complementary

#9999EE #EEC499 #C4EE99

monochromatic

#3030DD #6565E5 #9999EE #CDCDF7 #E5E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#9999EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#9999EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9999EE

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9999EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9999EE	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7EA4F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A9EEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82A9B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9999ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 153, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.123 282.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bab7f4',
    500: '#9999ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9999ee;
$custom-light: #bab7f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9999ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71711,
    "c": 0.12267,
    "h": 282.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9999EE

secondary

#F2F2D9

accent

#D312D3

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121117

muted

#818085

Preview Lab

Preview with #9999EE

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

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