#999CD9#999CD9

#999CD9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.089 H 281.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999CD9
RGB	rgb(153, 156, 217)
HSL	hsl(237, 46%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(237, 29%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.5%, 28.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.18, 12.64, -31.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.18, 33.80, 291.97°)
OKLab	oklab(71.32% 0.018 -0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(71.32% 0.089 281.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.5464, 35.5580, 70.5173)
Luminance	0.3556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999CD9 #D9D699

analogous

#99BCD9 #999CD9 #B699D9

triadic

#999CD9 #D9999C #9CD999

tetradic

#999CD9 #D999BC #D9D699 #99D9B6

square

#999CD9 #D999BC #D9D699 #99D9B6

split-complementary

#999CD9 #D9B699 #BCD999

monochromatic

#4349B4 #6C71C8 #999CD9 #C6C7EA #E9E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#999CD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#999CD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999CD9

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999CD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999CD9	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA3DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889FD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#89A7B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999cd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 156, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.089 281.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8b9e5',
    500: '#999cd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999cd9;
$custom-light: #b8b9e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999cd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.187,
    "s": 45.714,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71317,
    "c": 0.0887,
    "h": 281.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999CD9

secondary

#EEEDDD

accent

#B22DB9

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111115

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #999CD9

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

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