#999AE9#999AE9

#999AE9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.114 H 282.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999AE9
RGB	rgb(153, 154, 233)
HSL	hsl(239, 65%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(239, 34%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 33.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.34, 17.89, -39.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.34, 43.75, 294.13°)
OKLab	oklab(71.66% 0.0249 -0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(71.66% 0.114 282.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.3964, 35.7654, 81.9027)
Luminance	0.3577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999AE9 #E9E899

analogous

#99C2E9 #999AE9 #C099E9

triadic

#999AE9 #E9999A #9AE999

tetradic

#999AE9 #E999C2 #E9E899 #99E9C0

square

#999AE9 #E999C2 #E9E899 #99E9C0

split-complementary

#999AE9 #E9C099 #C2E999

monochromatic

#3436D3 #6768DE #999AE9 #CBCCF4 #E6E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#999AE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#999AE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999AE9

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999AE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999AE9	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)

#82A4EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E9FE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84A9B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999ae9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 154, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.114 282.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b7f0',
    500: '#999ae9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999ae9;
$custom-light: #b9b7f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999ae9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 239.25,
    "s": 64.516,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71661,
    "c": 0.11424,
    "h": 282.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999AE9

secondary

#F1F1DA

accent

#CA19CC

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121116

muted

#818084

Preview Lab

Preview with #999AE9

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

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