#999BE3#999BE3

#999BE3 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.104 H 282.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999BE3
RGB	rgb(153, 155, 227)
HSL	hsl(238, 57%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(238, 33%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.6%, 31.7%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.34, 15.76, -36.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.34, 39.87, 293.28°)
OKLab	oklab(71.57% 0.0221 -0.102)
OKLCH	oklch(71.57% 0.104 282.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.7196, 35.7599, 77.5204)
Luminance	0.3576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999BE3 #E3E199

analogous

#99C0E3 #999BE3 #BC99E3

triadic

#999BE3 #E3999B #9BE399

tetradic

#999BE3 #E399C0 #E3E199 #99E3BC

square

#999BE3 #E399C0 #E3E199 #99E3BC

split-complementary

#999BE3 #E3BC99 #C0E399

monochromatic

#393DC9 #696CD6 #999BE3 #C9CAF0 #E7E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#999BE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#999BE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999BE3

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999BE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999BE3	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85A4E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829FE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86A8B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999be3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 155, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.104 282.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b8ec',
    500: '#999be3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999be3;
$custom-light: #b9b8ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999be3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.378,
    "s": 56.923,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71573,
    "c": 0.10436,
    "h": 282.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999BE3

secondary

#F0EFDB

accent

#C021C4

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121116

muted

#818084

Preview Lab

Preview with #999BE3

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

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