#999DE8#999DE8

#999DE8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.109 H 281.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999DE8
RGB	rgb(153, 157, 232)
HSL	hsl(237, 63%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(237, 34%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 32.3%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.06, 15.91, -38.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.06, 41.43, 292.59°)
OKLab	oklab(72.2% 0.0207 -0.1067)
OKLCH	oklch(72.2% 0.109 281)
XYZ	xyz(39.7553, 36.7111, 81.3196)
Luminance	0.3671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999DE8 #E8E499

analogous

#99C4E8 #999DE8 #BC99E8

triadic

#999DE8 #E8999D #9DE899

tetradic

#999DE8 #E899C4 #E8E499 #99E8BC

square

#999DE8 #E899C4 #E8E499 #99E8BC

split-complementary

#999DE8 #E8BC99 #C4E899

monochromatic

#353DD1 #676DDD #999DE8 #CBCDF3 #E6E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#999DE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#999DE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999DE8

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999DE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999DE8	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A6EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82A1E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84ABB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999de8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 157, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.109 281.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b9ef',
    500: '#999de8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999de8;
$custom-light: #b9b9ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999de8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.962,
    "s": 63.2,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72201,
    "c": 0.10865,
    "h": 281
  },
  "luminance": 0.36712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999DE8

secondary

#F1F0DA

accent

#C21BCB

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121116

muted

#818084

Preview Lab

Preview with #999DE8

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

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