#999CD3#999CD3

#999CD3 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.080 H 281.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999CD3
RGB	rgb(153, 156, 211)
HSL	hsl(237, 40%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(237, 27%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.5%, 26.1%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.94, 11.15, -28.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.94, 30.50, 291.44°)
OKLab	oklab(71.06% 0.0163 -0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(71.06% 0.08 281.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.7801, 35.2515, 66.4818)
Luminance	0.3525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999CD3 #D3D099

analogous

#99B9D3 #999CD3 #B399D3

triadic

#999CD3 #D3999C #9CD399

tetradic

#999CD3 #D399B9 #D3D099 #99D3B3

square

#999CD3 #D399B9 #D3D099 #99D3B3

split-complementary

#999CD3 #D3B399 #B9D399

monochromatic

#494EA9 #6E73C1 #999CD3 #C4C5E5 #EAEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#999CD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#999CD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999CD3

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999CD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999CD3	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA2D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9ED2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8BA6AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999cd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 156, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.080 281.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8b9e0',
    500: '#999cd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999cd3;
$custom-light: #b8b9e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999cd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.897,
    "s": 39.726,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71056,
    "c": 0.08008,
    "h": 281.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999CD3

secondary

#EBEBDC

accent

#AC33B3

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#111115

muted

#808083

Preview Lab

Preview with #999CD3

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

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