#999DF9#999DF9

#999DF9 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.132 H 280.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999DF9
RGB	rgb(153, 157, 249)
HSL	hsl(238, 89%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(238, 39%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 36.9%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.82, 20.43, -46.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.82, 50.67, 293.77°)
OKLab	oklab(73.03% 0.0246 -0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(73.03% 0.132 280.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.2878, 37.7241, 94.6575)
Luminance	0.3773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999DF9 #F9F599

analogous

#99CDF9 #999DF9 #C599F9

triadic

#999DF9 #F9999D #9DF999

tetradic

#999DF9 #F999CD #F9F599 #99F9C5

square

#999DF9 #F999CD #F9F599 #99F9C5

split-complementary

#999DF9 #F9C599 #CDF999

monochromatic

#252EF2 #5F65F6 #999DF9 #D3D5FC #E2E3FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#999DF9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#999DF9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999DF9

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999DF9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999DF9	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7EA9FD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#79A2F7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7DAFBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999df9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 157, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.132 280.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bab9fb',
    500: '#999df9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999df9;
$custom-light: #bab9fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999df9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.5,
    "s": 88.889,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73032,
    "c": 0.13248,
    "h": 280.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999DF9

secondary

#F5F4D6

accent

#DC00E6

background

#FBFBFF

surface

#F7F6FF

border

#D0D0D7

text

#121117

muted

#818085

Preview Lab

Preview with #999DF9

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

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