#999DEC#999DEC

#999DEC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.114 H 280.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999DEC
RGB	rgb(153, 157, 236)
HSL	hsl(237, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(237, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 33.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.23, 16.96, -40.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.23, 43.61, 292.89°)
OKLab	oklab(72.39% 0.0216 -0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(72.39% 0.114 280.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.3299, 36.9410, 84.3460)
Luminance	0.3694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999DEC #ECE899

analogous

#99C7EC #999DEC #BF99EC

triadic

#999DEC #EC999D #9DEC99

tetradic

#999DEC #EC99C7 #ECE899 #99ECBF

square

#999DEC #EC99C7 #ECE899 #99ECBF

split-complementary

#999DEC #ECBF99 #C7EC99

monochromatic

#323AD9 #656BE2 #999DEC #CDCFF6 #E5E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#999DEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#999DEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999DEC

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999DEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999DEC	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84A7EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80A1EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82ACBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999dec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 157, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.114 280.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b9f2',
    500: '#999dec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999dec;
$custom-light: #b9b9f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999dec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.108,
    "s": 68.595,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72391,
    "c": 0.1143,
    "h": 280.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999DEC

secondary

#F2F1D9

accent

#C715D1

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121117

muted

#818085

Preview Lab

Preview with #999DEC

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

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