#999CD2#999CD2

#999CD2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.079 H 281.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999CD2
RGB	rgb(153, 156, 210)
HSL	hsl(237, 39%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(237, 27%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.1%, 25.7%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.91, 10.91, -27.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.91, 29.95, 291.35°)
OKLab	oklab(71.01% 0.016 -0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(71.01% 0.079 281.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.6552, 35.2015, 65.8236)
Luminance	0.3520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999CD2 #D2CF99

analogous

#99B8D2 #999CD2 #B299D2

triadic

#999CD2 #D2999C #9CD299

tetradic

#999CD2 #D299B8 #D2CF99 #99D2B2

square

#999CD2 #D299B8 #D2CF99 #99D2B2

split-complementary

#999CD2 #D2B299 #B8D299

monochromatic

#4A4FA7 #6F73BF #999CD2 #C3C5E5 #EAEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#999CD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#999CD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999CD2

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999CD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999CD2	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA2D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9ED1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8BA6AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999cd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 156, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.079 281.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8b9e0',
    500: '#999cd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999cd2;
$custom-light: #b8b9e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999cd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.842,
    "s": 38.776,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71013,
    "c": 0.07864,
    "h": 281.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999CD2

secondary

#EBEADC

accent

#AB34B2

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#111115

muted

#808083

Preview Lab

Preview with #999CD2

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

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