#999BCA#999BCA

#999BCA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.068 H 282.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999BCA
RGB	rgb(153, 155, 202)
HSL	hsl(238, 32%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(238, 24%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 23.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.34, 9.53, -24.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.34, 26.12, 291.40°)
OKLab	oklab(70.47% 0.0149 -0.0668)
OKLCH	oklch(70.47% 0.068 282.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.5162, 34.4785, 60.6495)
Luminance	0.3448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999BCA #CAC899

analogous

#99B4CA #999BCA #B099CA

triadic

#999BCA #CA999B #9BCA99

tetradic

#999BCA #CA99B4 #CAC899 #99CAB0

square

#999BCA #CA99B4 #CAC899 #99CAB0

split-complementary

#999BCA #CAB099 #B4CA99

monochromatic

#505399 #7174B5 #999BCA #C1C2DF #EAEAF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#999BCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#999BCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999BCA

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999BCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999BCA	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA0CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9DC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8EA3AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999bca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 155, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.068 282.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8b8da',
    500: '#999bca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999bca;
$custom-light: #b8b8da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999bca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.551,
    "s": 31.613,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70474,
    "c": 0.06848,
    "h": 282.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999BCA

secondary

#E6E6D8

accent

#A63BAA

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#111114

muted

#808083

Preview Lab

Preview with #999BCA

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

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