#999DD3#999DD3

#999DD3 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.079 H 280.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999DD3
RGB	rgb(153, 157, 211)
HSL	hsl(236, 40%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(236, 27%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.5%, 25.6%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.20, 10.58, -27.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.20, 29.92, 290.72°)
OKLab	oklab(71.26% 0.0149 -0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(71.26% 0.079 280.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.9486, 35.5885, 66.5379)
Luminance	0.3559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999DD3 #D3CF99

analogous

#99BAD3 #999DD3 #B299D3

triadic

#999DD3 #D3999D #9DD399

tetradic

#999DD3 #D399BA #D3CF99 #99D3B2

square

#999DD3 #D399BA #D3CF99 #99D3B2

split-complementary

#999DD3 #D3B299 #BAD399

monochromatic

#494FA9 #6E74C1 #999DD3 #C4C6E5 #EAEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#999DD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#999DD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999DD3

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999DD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999DD3	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA3D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9FD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8BA7B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999dd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 157, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.079 280.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8b9e0',
    500: '#999dd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999dd3;
$custom-light: #b8b9e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999dd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.862,
    "s": 39.726,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71258,
    "c": 0.07869,
    "h": 280.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999DD3

secondary

#EBEADC

accent

#AA33B3

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#111115

muted

#808083

Preview Lab

Preview with #999DD3

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

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