#999DD4#999DD4

#999DD4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.080 H 280.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999DD4
RGB	rgb(153, 157, 212)
HSL	hsl(236, 41%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(236, 28%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 25.9%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.24, 10.83, -28.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.24, 30.47, 290.82°)
OKLab	oklab(71.3% 0.0152 -0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(71.3% 0.08 280.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.0744, 35.6388, 67.2002)
Luminance	0.3564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999DD4 #D4D099

analogous

#99BBD4 #999DD4 #B399D4

triadic

#999DD4 #D4999D #9DD499

tetradic

#999DD4 #D499BB #D4D099 #99D4B3

square

#999DD4 #D499BB #D4D099 #99D4B3

split-complementary

#999DD4 #D4B399 #BBD499

monochromatic

#484FAB #6E74C2 #999DD4 #C4C6E6 #E9EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#999DD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#999DD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999DD4

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999DD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999DD4	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA3D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9FD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8BA7B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999dd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 157, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.080 280.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8b9e1',
    500: '#999dd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999dd4;
$custom-light: #b8b9e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999dd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.932,
    "s": 40.69,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.713,
    "c": 0.08013,
    "h": 280.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999DD4

secondary

#ECEBDD

accent

#AB32B4

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#111115

muted

#808083

Preview Lab

Preview with #999DD4

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

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