#999DEE#999DEE

#999DEE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.117 H 280.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999DEE
RGB	rgb(153, 157, 238)
HSL	hsl(237, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(237, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 34%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.32, 17.49, -41.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.32, 44.70, 293.03°)
OKLab	oklab(72.49% 0.0221 -0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(72.49% 0.117 280.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.6221, 37.0579, 85.8849)
Luminance	0.3706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999DEE #EEEA99

analogous

#99C8EE #999DEE #C099EE

triadic

#999DEE #EE999D #9DEE99

tetradic

#999DEE #EE99C8 #EEEA99 #99EEC0

square

#999DEE #EE99C8 #EEEA99 #99EEC0

split-complementary

#999DEE #EEC099 #C8EE99

monochromatic

#3038DD #656BE5 #999DEE #CDCFF7 #E5E6FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#999DEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#999DEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999DEE

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999DEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999DEE	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83A7F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7FA1EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#81ACBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999dee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 157, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.117 280.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b9f4',
    500: '#999dee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999dee;
$custom-light: #b9b9f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999dee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.176,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72487,
    "c": 0.11712,
    "h": 280.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999DEE

secondary

#F2F1D9

accent

#CA12D3

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121117

muted

#818085

Preview Lab

Preview with #999DEE

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

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