#999BED#999BED

#999BED is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.118 H 281.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999BED
RGB	rgb(153, 155, 237)
HSL	hsl(239, 70%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(239, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.4%, 34.6%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.77, 18.36, -41.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.77, 45.34, 293.90°)
OKLab	oklab(72.05% 0.0245 -0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(72.05% 0.118 281.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.1400, 36.3281, 85.0014)
Luminance	0.3633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999BED #EDEB99

analogous

#99C5ED #999BED #C199ED

triadic

#999BED #ED999B #9BED99

tetradic

#999BED #ED99C5 #EDEB99 #99EDC1

square

#999BED #ED99C5 #EDEB99 #99EDC1

split-complementary

#999BED #EDC199 #C5ED99

monochromatic

#3135DB #6568E4 #999BED #CDCEF6 #E5E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#999BED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#999BED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999BED

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999BED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999BED	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81A5F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7DA0EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82ABB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999bed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 155, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.118 281.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b8f3',
    500: '#999bed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999bed;
$custom-light: #b9b8f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999bed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.571,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7205,
    "c": 0.11847,
    "h": 281.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999BED

secondary

#F2F1D9

accent

#CD14D2

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121117

muted

#818085

Preview Lab

Preview with #999BED

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

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