#999BD2#999BD2

#999BD2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.080 H 282.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999BD2
RGB	rgb(153, 155, 210)
HSL	hsl(238, 39%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(238, 27%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.1%, 26.2%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.65, 11.47, -28.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.65, 30.53, 292.07°)
OKLab	oklab(70.81% 0.0174 -0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(70.81% 0.08 282.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.4881, 34.8673, 65.7679)
Luminance	0.3487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999BD2 #D2D099

analogous

#99B7D2 #999BD2 #B399D2

triadic

#999BD2 #D2999B #9BD299

tetradic

#999BD2 #D299B7 #D2D099 #99D2B3

square

#999BD2 #D299B7 #D2D099 #99D2B3

split-complementary

#999BD2 #D2B399 #B7D299

monochromatic

#4A4DA7 #6F71BF #999BD2 #C3C5E5 #EAEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#999BD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#999BD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999BD2

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999BD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999BD2	1.00	2.63	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA1D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9ED1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8BA5AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999bd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 155, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.080 282.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8b8e0',
    500: '#999bd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999bd2;
$custom-light: #b8b8e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999bd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.895,
    "s": 38.776,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70811,
    "c": 0.08005,
    "h": 282.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999BD2

secondary

#EBEADC

accent

#AD34B2

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#111115

muted

#808083

Preview Lab

Preview with #999BD2

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

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