#999BDA#999BDA

#999BDA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.092 H 282.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999BDA
RGB	rgb(153, 155, 218)
HSL	hsl(238, 47%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(238, 30%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 28.9%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.96, 13.46, -32.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.96, 34.94, 292.67°)
OKLab	oklab(71.16% 0.0197 -0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(71.16% 0.092 282.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.5097, 35.2760, 71.1487)
Luminance	0.3528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999BDA #DAD899

analogous

#99BBDA #999BDA #B799DA

triadic

#999BDA #DA999B #9BDA99

tetradic

#999BDA #DA99BB #DAD899 #99DAB7

square

#999BDA #DA99BB #DAD899 #99DAB7

split-complementary

#999BDA #DAB799 #BBDA99

monochromatic

#4246B6 #6C6FCA #999BDA #C6C7EA #E9E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#999BDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#999BDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999BDA

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999BDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999BDA	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A2DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869ED8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#89A6B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999bda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 155, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.092 282.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8b8e5',
    500: '#999bda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999bda;
$custom-light: #b8b8e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999bda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.154,
    "s": 46.763,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71162,
    "c": 0.09153,
    "h": 282.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999BDA

secondary

#EEEDDD

accent

#B62CBA

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #999BDA

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

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