#999ECE#999ECE

#999ECE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.070 H 279.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999ECE
RGB	rgb(153, 158, 206)
HSL	hsl(234, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(234, 26%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 23.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.28, 8.80, -25.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.28, 26.60, 289.31°)
OKLab	oklab(71.25% 0.012 -0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(71.25% 0.07 279.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.5014, 35.6814, 63.3446)
Luminance	0.3568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999ECE #CEC999

analogous

#99B8CE #999ECE #AE99CE

triadic

#999ECE #CE999E #9ECE99

tetradic

#999ECE #CE99B8 #CEC999 #99CEAE

square

#999ECE #CE99B8 #CEC999 #99CEAE

split-complementary

#999ECE #CEAE99 #B8CE99

monochromatic

#4D55A0 #7077BA #999ECE #C2C5E2 #EAEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#999ECE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#999ECE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999ECE

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999ECE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999ECE	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A3D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9FCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8CA7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999ece;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 158, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.070 279.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8badd',
    500: '#999ece',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999ece;
$custom-light: #b8badd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999ece",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.34,
    "s": 35.099,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7125,
    "c": 0.07012,
    "h": 279.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999ECE

secondary

#E9E7DA

accent

#A338AE

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#111115

muted

#808083

Preview Lab

Preview with #999ECE

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

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