#999AE5#999AE5

#999AE5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.109 H 282.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999AE5
RGB	rgb(153, 154, 229)
HSL	hsl(239, 59%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(239, 33%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.2%, 32.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.17, 16.84, -37.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.17, 41.56, 293.91°)
OKLab	oklab(71.47% 0.0239 -0.1059)
OKLCH	oklch(71.47% 0.109 282.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.8315, 35.5395, 78.9274)
Luminance	0.3554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999AE5 #E5E499

analogous

#99C0E5 #999AE5 #BE99E5

triadic

#999AE5 #E5999A #9AE599

tetradic

#999AE5 #E599C0 #E5E499 #99E5BE

square

#999AE5 #E599C0 #E5E499 #99E5BE

split-complementary

#999AE5 #E5BE99 #C0E599

monochromatic

#3739CC #686AD9 #999AE5 #CACAF1 #E7E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#999AE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#999AE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999AE5

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999AE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999AE5	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83A3E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809EE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85A8B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999ae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 154, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.109 282.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b7ed',
    500: '#999ae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999ae5;
$custom-light: #b9b7ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999ae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 239.211,
    "s": 59.375,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71471,
    "c": 0.10859,
    "h": 282.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999AE5

secondary

#F0F0DB

accent

#C51EC7

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121116

muted

#818084

Preview Lab

Preview with #999AE5

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

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