#999ADE#999ADE

#999ADE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.099 H 282.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999ADE
RGB	rgb(153, 154, 222)
HSL	hsl(239, 51%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(239, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.1%, 30.6%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.87, 15.04, -34.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.87, 37.72, 293.50°)
OKLab	oklab(71.15% 0.0221 -0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(71.15% 0.099 282.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.8737, 35.1564, 73.8835)
Luminance	0.3516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999ADE #DEDD99

analogous

#99BCDE #999ADE #BA99DE

triadic

#999ADE #DE999A #9ADE99

tetradic

#999ADE #DE99BC #DEDD99 #99DEBA

square

#999ADE #DE99BC #DEDD99 #99DEBA

split-complementary

#999ADE #DEBA99 #BCDE99

monochromatic

#3E40BF #6B6CCF #999ADE #C7C8ED #E8E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#999ADE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#999ADE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999ADE

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999ADE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999ADE	1.00	2.61	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A2E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839EDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88A6B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999ade;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 154, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.099 282.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b7e8',
    500: '#999ade',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999ade;
$custom-light: #b9b7e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999ade",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 239.13,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71145,
    "c": 0.09865,
    "h": 282.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999ADE

secondary

#EFEEDC

accent

#BC27BE

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #999ADE

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

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