#999CED#999CED

#999CED is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.117 H 281.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999CED
RGB	rgb(153, 156, 237)
HSL	hsl(238, 70%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(238, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.4%, 34.2%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.02, 17.79, -41.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.02, 44.74, 293.43°)
OKLab	oklab(72.24% 0.0232 -0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(72.24% 0.117 281.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.3071, 36.6623, 85.0571)
Luminance	0.3666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999CED #EDEA99

analogous

#99C6ED #999CED #C099ED

triadic

#999CED #ED999C #9CED99

tetradic

#999CED #ED99C6 #EDEA99 #99EDC0

square

#999CED #ED99C6 #EDEA99 #99EDC0

split-complementary

#999CED #EDC099 #C6ED99

monochromatic

#3137DB #656AE4 #999CED #CDCEF6 #E5E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#999CED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#999CED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999CED

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999CED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999CED	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82A6F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7EA0EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82ABBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999ced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 156, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.117 281.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b9f3',
    500: '#999ced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999ced;
$custom-light: #b9b9f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999ced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.857,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72244,
    "c": 0.11709,
    "h": 281.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999CED

secondary

#F2F1D9

accent

#CB14D2

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121117

muted

#818085

Preview Lab

Preview with #999CED

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

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