#999EDE#999EDE

#999EDE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.093 H 280.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999EDE
RGB	rgb(153, 158, 222)
HSL	hsl(236, 51%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(236, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.1%, 28.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.90, 12.77, -33.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.90, 35.38, 291.16°)
OKLab	oklab(71.94% 0.0167 -0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(71.94% 0.093 280.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.5450, 36.4988, 74.1072)
Luminance	0.3650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999EDE #DED999

analogous

#99C0DE #999EDE #B699DE

triadic

#999EDE #DE999E #9EDE99

tetradic

#999EDE #DE99C0 #DED999 #99DEB6

square

#999EDE #DE99C0 #DED999 #99DEB6

split-complementary

#999EDE #DEB699 #C0DE99

monochromatic

#3E47BF #6B72CF #999EDE #C7CAED #E8E9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#999EDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#999EDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999EDE

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999EDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999EDE	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA5E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A0DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87AAB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999ede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 158, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.093 280.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8bae8',
    500: '#999ede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999ede;
$custom-light: #b8bae8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999ede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.652,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7194,
    "c": 0.09308,
    "h": 280.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999EDE

secondary

#EFEDDC

accent

#B427BE

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #999EDE

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

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