#999AEA#999AEA

#999AEA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.116 H 282.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999AEA
RGB	rgb(153, 154, 234)
HSL	hsl(239, 66%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(239, 35%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.6%, 34.2%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.38, 18.15, -40.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.38, 44.29, 294.19°)
OKLab	oklab(71.71% 0.0251 -0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(71.71% 0.116 282.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.5396, 35.8227, 82.6572)
Luminance	0.3582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999AEA #EAE999

analogous

#99C2EA #999AEA #C099EA

triadic

#999AEA #EA999A #9AEA99

tetradic

#999AEA #EA99C2 #EAE999 #99EAC0

square

#999AEA #EA99C2 #EAE999 #99EAC0

split-complementary

#999AEA #EAC099 #C2EA99

monochromatic

#3335D5 #6668E0 #999AEA #CCCCF4 #E6E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#999AEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#999AEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999AEA

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#81A4ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E9FE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83A9B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999aea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 154, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.116 282.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b7f1',
    500: '#999aea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999aea;
$custom-light: #b9b7f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999aea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 239.259,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7171,
    "c": 0.11564,
    "h": 282.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999AEA

secondary

#F1F1DA

accent

#CB18CE

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121116

muted

#818084

Preview Lab

Preview with #999AEA

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

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