#999AEF#999AEF

#999AEF is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.123 H 282.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999AEF
RGB	rgb(153, 154, 239)
HSL	hsl(239, 73%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(239, 36%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 35.6%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.61, 19.46, -42.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.61, 47.02, 294.45°)
OKLab	oklab(71.95% 0.0262 -0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(71.95% 0.123 282.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.2681, 36.1141, 86.4937)
Luminance	0.3612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999AEF #EFEE99

analogous

#99C5EF #999AEF #C399EF

triadic

#999AEF #EF999A #9AEF99

tetradic

#999AEF #EF99C5 #EFEE99 #99EFC3

square

#999AEF #EF99C5 #EFEE99 #99EFC3

split-complementary

#999AEF #EFC399 #C5EF99

monochromatic

#2F31DE #6466E7 #999AEF #CECEF7 #E5E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#999AEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#999AEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999AEF

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999AEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999AEF	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7FA5F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B9FED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#81AAB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999aef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 154, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.123 282.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bab7f4',
    500: '#999aef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999aef;
$custom-light: #bab7f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999aef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 239.302,
    "s": 72.881,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71954,
    "c": 0.12267,
    "h": 282.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999AEF

secondary

#F3F2D8

accent

#D311D5

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121117

muted

#818085

Preview Lab

Preview with #999AEF

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →