#9999EF#9999EF

#9999EF is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.124 H 282.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9999EF
RGB	rgb(153, 153, 239)
HSL	hsl(240, 73%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(240, 36%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 36%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.36, 20.04, -43.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.36, 47.62, 294.88°)
OKLab	oklab(71.76% 0.0275 -0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(71.76% 0.124 282.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.1037, 35.7854, 86.4389)
Luminance	0.3579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9999EF #EFEF99

analogous

#99C4EF #9999EF #C499EF

triadic

#9999EF #EF9999 #99EF99

tetradic

#9999EF #EF99C4 #EFEF99 #99EFC4

square

#9999EF #EF99C4 #EFEF99 #99EFC4

split-complementary

#9999EF #EFC499 #C4EF99

monochromatic

#2F2FDE #6464E7 #9999EF #CECEF7 #E5E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#9999EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#9999EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9999EF

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9999EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9999EF	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7EA4F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A9FED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#81A9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9999ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 153, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.124 282.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9999ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 72.881,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71761,
    "c": 0.12406,
    "h": 282.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9999EF

secondary

#F3F3D8

accent

#D511D5

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121117

muted

#818085

Preview Lab

Preview with #9999EF

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

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