#999AED#999AED

#999AED is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.120 H 282.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999AED
RGB	rgb(153, 154, 237)
HSL	hsl(239, 70%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(239, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.4%, 35%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.52, 18.94, -41.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.52, 45.93, 294.35°)
OKLab	oklab(71.86% 0.0258 -0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(71.86% 0.12 282.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.9743, 35.9966, 84.9462)
Luminance	0.3600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999AED #EDEC99

analogous

#99C4ED #999AED #C299ED

triadic

#999AED #ED999A #9AED99

tetradic

#999AED #ED99C4 #EDEC99 #99EDC2

square

#999AED #ED99C4 #EDEC99 #99EDC2

split-complementary

#999AED #EDC299 #C4ED99

monochromatic

#3133DB #6566E4 #999AED #CDCEF6 #E5E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#999AED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#999AED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999AED

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999AED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999AED	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80A5F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C9FEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82AAB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999aed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 154, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.120 282.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b7f3',
    500: '#999aed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999aed;
$custom-light: #b9b7f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999aed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 239.286,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71856,
    "c": 0.11987,
    "h": 282.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999AED

secondary

#F2F2D9

accent

#D014D2

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121117

muted

#818085

Preview Lab

Preview with #999AED

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

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