#999DCD#999DCD

#999DCD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.070 H 280.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999DCD
RGB	rgb(153, 157, 205)
HSL	hsl(235, 34%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(235, 25%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 23.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.98, 9.12, -25.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.98, 26.62, 290.04°)
OKLab	oklab(71.01% 0.0131 -0.0688)
OKLCH	oklch(71.01% 0.07 280.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.2105, 35.2932, 62.6502)
Luminance	0.3529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999DCD #CDC999

analogous

#99B7CD #999DCD #AF99CD

triadic

#999DCD #CD999D #9DCD99

tetradic

#999DCD #CD99B7 #CDC999 #99CDAF

square

#999DCD #CD99B7 #CDC999 #99CDAF

split-complementary

#999DCD #CDAF99 #B7CD99

monochromatic

#4D549E #7076B9 #999DCD #C2C4E1 #EAEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#999DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#999DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999DCD

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999DCD	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A2CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9FCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8DA6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 157, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.070 280.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8b9dc',
    500: '#999dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999dcd;
$custom-light: #b8b9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.385,
    "s": 34.211,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71005,
    "c": 0.07005,
    "h": 280.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999DCD

secondary

#E8E7DA

accent

#A438AD

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#111115

muted

#808083

Preview Lab

Preview with #999DCD

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

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