#999CF2#999CF2

#999CF2 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.124 H 281.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999CF2
RGB	rgb(153, 156, 242)
HSL	hsl(238, 77%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(238, 37%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.8%, 35.5%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.25, 19.12, -43.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.25, 47.46, 293.75°)
OKLab	oklab(72.49% 0.0243 -0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(72.49% 0.124 281.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.0478, 36.9586, 88.9581)
Luminance	0.3696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999CF2 #F2EF99

analogous

#99C8F2 #999CF2 #C399F2

triadic

#999CF2 #F2999C #9CF299

tetradic

#999CF2 #F299C8 #F2EF99 #99F2C3

square

#999CF2 #F299C8 #F2EF99 #99F2C3

split-complementary

#999CF2 #F2C399 #C8F299

monochromatic

#2C33E4 #6367EB #999CF2 #CFD1F9 #E4E5FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#999CF2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#999CF2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999CF2

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999CF2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999CF2	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80A7F5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7CA1F0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#80ADBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999cf2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 156, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.124 281.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bab9f6',
    500: '#999cf2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999cf2;
$custom-light: #bab9f6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999cf2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.978,
    "s": 77.391,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72489,
    "c": 0.12409,
    "h": 281.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999CF2

secondary

#F3F2D8

accent

#D30CDA

background

#FBFBFF

surface

#F6F6FE

border

#D0D0D6

text

#121117

muted

#818085

Preview Lab

Preview with #999CF2

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

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