#999CF9#999CF9

#999CF9 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.134 H 281.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999CF9
RGB	rgb(153, 156, 249)
HSL	hsl(238, 89%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(238, 39%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 37.3%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.57, 21.00, -46.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.57, 51.26, 294.18°)
OKLab	oklab(72.84% 0.0258 -0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(72.84% 0.134 281.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.1193, 37.3872, 94.6014)
Luminance	0.3739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999CF9 #F9F699

analogous

#99CCF9 #999CF9 #C699F9

triadic

#999CF9 #F9999C #9CF999

tetradic

#999CF9 #F999CC #F9F699 #99F9C6

square

#999CF9 #F999CC #F9F699 #99F9C6

split-complementary

#999CF9 #F9C699 #CCF999

monochromatic

#252CF2 #5F64F6 #999CF9 #D3D4FC #E2E3FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#999CF9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#999CF9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999CF9

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999CF9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999CF9	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7DA8FD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#78A1F7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7DAEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999cf9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 156, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.134 281.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bab9fb',
    500: '#999cf9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999cf9;
$custom-light: #bab9fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999cf9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.125,
    "s": 88.889,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7284,
    "c": 0.13383,
    "h": 281.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999CF9

secondary

#F5F4D6

accent

#DE00E6

background

#FBFBFF

surface

#F7F6FF

border

#D0D0D7

text

#121117

muted

#818085

Preview Lab

Preview with #999CF9

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

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