#999CD0#999CD0

#999CD0 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.076 H 281.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999CD0
RGB	rgb(153, 156, 208)
HSL	hsl(237, 37%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(237, 26%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 25%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.83, 10.42, -26.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.83, 28.85, 291.16°)
OKLab	oklab(70.93% 0.0154 -0.0742)
OKLCH	oklch(70.93% 0.076 281.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.4076, 35.1025, 64.5195)
Luminance	0.3510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999CD0 #D0CD99

analogous

#99B7D0 #999CD0 #B199D0

triadic

#999CD0 #D0999C #9CD099

tetradic

#999CD0 #D099B7 #D0CD99 #99D0B1

square

#999CD0 #D099B7 #D0CD99 #99D0B1

split-complementary

#999CD0 #D0B199 #B7D099

monochromatic

#4B50A3 #6F73BD #999CD0 #C3C5E3 #EAEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#999CD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#999CD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999CD0

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999CD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999CD0	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA2D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9ECF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8CA5AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999cd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 156, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.076 281.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8b9de',
    500: '#999cd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999cd0;
$custom-light: #b8b9de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999cd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.727,
    "s": 36.913,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70928,
    "c": 0.07576,
    "h": 281.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999CD0

secondary

#EAE9DB

accent

#A936B0

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#111115

muted

#808083

Preview Lab

Preview with #999CD0

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

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