#999DC7#999DC7

#999DC7 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.061 H 280.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999DC7
RGB	rgb(153, 157, 199)
HSL	hsl(235, 29%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(235, 23%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.1%, 21.1%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.76, 7.69, -22.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.76, 23.31, 289.25°)
OKLab	oklab(70.76% 0.0111 -0.0603)
OKLCH	oklch(70.76% 0.061 280.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.5001, 35.0091, 58.9088)
Luminance	0.3501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999DC7 #C7C399

analogous

#99B4C7 #999DC7 #AC99C7

triadic

#999DC7 #C7999D #9DC799

tetradic

#999DC7 #C799B4 #C7C399 #99C7AC

square

#999DC7 #C799B4 #C7C399 #99C7AC

split-complementary

#999DC7 #C7AC99 #B4C799

monochromatic

#515794 #7177B1 #999DC7 #C1C3DD #E8E9F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#999DC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#999DC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999DC7

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999DC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999DC7	1.00	2.62	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A1C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909EC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8EA4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999dc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 157, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.061 280.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7b9d8',
    500: '#999dc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999dc7;
$custom-light: #b7b9d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999dc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.783,
    "s": 29.114,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70761,
    "c": 0.06137,
    "h": 280.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999DC7

secondary

#E5E3D7

accent

#9F3EA8

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#111114

muted

#808083

Preview Lab

Preview with #999DC7

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

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