#999CD5#999CD5

#999CD5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.083 H 281.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999CD5
RGB	rgb(153, 156, 213)
HSL	hsl(237, 42%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(237, 28%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.2%, 26.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.02, 11.65, -29.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.02, 31.60, 291.62°)
OKLab	oklab(71.14% 0.0169 -0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(71.14% 0.083 281.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.0324, 35.3524, 67.8105)
Luminance	0.3535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999CD5 #D5D299

analogous

#99BAD5 #999CD5 #B499D5

triadic

#999CD5 #D5999C #9CD599

tetradic

#999CD5 #D599BA #D5D299 #99D5B4

square

#999CD5 #D599BA #D5D299 #99D5B4

split-complementary

#999CD5 #D5B499 #BAD599

monochromatic

#474CAD #6E72C3 #999CD5 #C4C6E7 #E9EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#999CD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#999CD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999CD5

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999CD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999CD5	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA3D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#899FD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8AA6B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999cd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 156, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.083 281.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8b9e2',
    500: '#999cd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999cd5;
$custom-light: #b8b9e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999cd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237,
    "s": 41.667,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71142,
    "c": 0.08295,
    "h": 281.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999CD5

secondary

#EDECDD

accent

#AE31B5

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#111115

muted

#808083

Preview Lab

Preview with #999CD5

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

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