#999CE5#999CE5

#999CE5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.106 H 281.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999CE5
RGB	rgb(153, 156, 229)
HSL	hsl(238, 59%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(238, 33%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.2%, 31.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.68, 15.70, -37.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.68, 40.38, 292.89°)
OKLab	oklab(71.86% 0.0212 -0.1036)
OKLCH	oklch(71.86% 0.106 281.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.1643, 36.2052, 79.0383)
Luminance	0.3621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999CE5 #E5E299

analogous

#99C2E5 #999CE5 #BC99E5

triadic

#999CE5 #E5999C #9CE599

tetradic

#999CE5 #E599C2 #E5E299 #99E5BC

square

#999CE5 #E599C2 #E5E299 #99E5BC

split-complementary

#999CE5 #E5BC99 #C2E599

monochromatic

#373DCC #686DD9 #999CE5 #CACBF1 #E7E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#999CE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#999CE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999CE5

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999CE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999CE5	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A5E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82A0E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85AAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999ce5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 156, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.106 281.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b9ed',
    500: '#999ce5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999ce5;
$custom-light: #b9b9ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999ce5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.632,
    "s": 59.375,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71863,
    "c": 0.10579,
    "h": 281.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999CE5

secondary

#F0EFDB

accent

#C01EC7

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121116

muted

#818084

Preview Lab

Preview with #999CE5

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

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