#999CDC#999CDC

#999CDC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.093 H 281.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999CDC
RGB	rgb(153, 156, 220)
HSL	hsl(237, 49%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(237, 30%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 29.1%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.30, 13.40, -32.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.30, 35.45, 292.21°)
OKLab	oklab(71.45% 0.0189 -0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(71.45% 0.093 281.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.9401, 35.7155, 72.5911)
Luminance	0.3572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999CDC #DCD999

analogous

#99BDDC #999CDC #B799DC

triadic

#999CDC #DC999C #9CDC99

tetradic

#999CDC #DC99BD #DCD999 #99DCB7

square

#999CDC #DC99BD #DCD999 #99DCB7

split-complementary

#999CDC #DCB799 #BDDC99

monochromatic

#4046BB #6B70CC #999CDC #C7C8EC #E8E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#999CDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#999CDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999CDC

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999CDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999CDC	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A4DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869FDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88A8B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999cdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 156, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.093 281.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8b9e7',
    500: '#999cdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999cdc;
$custom-light: #b8b9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999cdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.313,
    "s": 48.905,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71451,
    "c": 0.09299,
    "h": 281.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999CDC

secondary

#EEEDDD

accent

#B629BC

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #999CDC

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

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