#9999FF#9999FF

#9999FF is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.146 H 282.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9999FF
RGB	rgb(153, 153, 255)
HSL	hsl(240, 100%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(240, 40%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 40%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.11, 24.34, -50.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.11, 56.29, 295.62°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% 0.0307 -0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.146 282.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.5729, 36.7731, 99.4431)
Luminance	0.3678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9999FF #FFFF99

analogous

#99CCFF #9999FF #CC99FF

triadic

#9999FF #FF9999 #99FF99

tetradic

#9999FF #FF99CC #FFFF99 #99FFCC

square

#9999FF #FF99CC #FFFF99 #99FFCC

split-complementary

#9999FF #FFCC99 #CCFF99

monochromatic

#1F1FFF #5C5CFF #9999FF #D6D6FF #E0E0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#9999FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#9999FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9999FF

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9999FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9999FF	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#75A7FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70A0FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7BADC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9999ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 153, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.146 282.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbb7ff',
    500: '#9999ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9999ff;
$custom-light: #bbb7ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9999ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72581,
    "c": 0.14623,
    "h": 282.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9999FF

secondary

#F7F7D4

accent

#E600E5

background

#FBFBFF

surface

#F7F6FF

border

#D0D0D7

text

#121118

muted

#818086

Preview Lab

Preview with #9999FF

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

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