#999EDA#999EDA

#999EDA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.087 H 280.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999EDA
RGB	rgb(153, 158, 218)
HSL	hsl(235, 47%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(235, 30%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 27.5%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.74, 11.76, -31.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.74, 33.19, 290.75°)
OKLab	oklab(71.76% 0.0156 -0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(71.76% 0.087 280.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.0152, 36.2869, 71.3172)
Luminance	0.3629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999EDA #DAD599

analogous

#99BEDA #999EDA #B599DA

triadic

#999EDA #DA999E #9EDA99

tetradic

#999EDA #DA99BE #DAD599 #99DAB5

square

#999EDA #DA99BE #DAD599 #99DAB5

split-complementary

#999EDA #DAB599 #BEDA99

monochromatic

#424BB6 #6C73CA #999EDA #C6C9EA #E9EAF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#999EDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#999EDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999EDA

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999EDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999EDA	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA5DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A0D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#89A9B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999eda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 158, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.087 280.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8bae5',
    500: '#999eda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999eda;
$custom-light: #b8bae5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999eda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.385,
    "s": 46.763,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71762,
    "c": 0.08737,
    "h": 280.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999EDA

secondary

#EEEDDD

accent

#AF2CBA

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #999EDA

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

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