#999BEE#999BEE

#999BEE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.120 H 281.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999BEE
RGB	rgb(153, 155, 238)
HSL	hsl(239, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(239, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 34.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.81, 18.63, -41.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.81, 45.88, 293.96°)
OKLab	oklab(72.1% 0.0247 -0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(72.1% 0.12 281.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.2865, 36.3867, 85.7730)
Luminance	0.3639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999BEE #EEEC99

analogous

#99C6EE #999BEE #C299EE

triadic

#999BEE #EE999B #9BEE99

tetradic

#999BEE #EE99C6 #EEEC99 #99EEC2

square

#999BEE #EE99C6 #EEEC99 #99EEC2

split-complementary

#999BEE #EEC299 #C6EE99

monochromatic

#3034DD #6568E5 #999BEE #CDCEF7 #E5E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#999BEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#999BEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999BEE

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999BEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999BEE	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81A6F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7DA0EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82ABB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999bee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 155, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.120 281.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bab8f4',
    500: '#999bee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999bee;
$custom-light: #bab8f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999bee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.588,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72098,
    "c": 0.11987,
    "h": 281.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999BEE

secondary

#F2F2D9

accent

#CF12D3

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121117

muted

#818085

Preview Lab

Preview with #999BEE

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

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