#999AFF#999AFF

#999AFF is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.145 H 281.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999AFF
RGB	rgb(153, 154, 255)
HSL	hsl(239, 100%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(239, 40%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 39.6%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.35, 23.77, -50.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.35, 55.70, 295.27°)
OKLab	oklab(72.77% 0.0295 -0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(72.77% 0.145 281.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.7372, 37.1018, 99.4979)
Luminance	0.3710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999AFF #FFFE99

analogous

#99CDFF #999AFF #CB99FF

triadic

#999AFF #FF999A #9AFF99

tetradic

#999AFF #FF99CD #FFFE99 #99FFCB

square

#999AFF #FF99CD #FFFE99 #99FFCB

split-complementary

#999AFF #FFCB99 #CDFF99

monochromatic

#1F21FF #5C5DFF #999AFF #D6D7FF #E0E1FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#999AFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#999AFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999AFF

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999AFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999AFF	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#77A8FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72A0FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7BAEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999aff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 154, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.145 281.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbb7ff',
    500: '#999aff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999aff;
$custom-light: #bbb7ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999aff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 239.412,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7277,
    "c": 0.14486,
    "h": 281.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999AFF

secondary

#F7F7D4

accent

#E300E6

background

#FBFBFF

surface

#F7F6FF

border

#D0D0D7

text

#121118

muted

#818086

Preview Lab

Preview with #999AFF

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

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