#999EE2#999EE2

#999EE2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.099 H 280.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999EE2
RGB	rgb(153, 158, 226)
HSL	hsl(236, 56%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(236, 32%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.3%, 30.1%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.06, 13.79, -34.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.06, 37.57, 291.54°)
OKLab	oklab(72.12% 0.0178 -0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(72.12% 0.099 280.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.0874, 36.7158, 76.9642)
Luminance	0.3672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999EE2 #E2DD99

analogous

#99C3E2 #999EE2 #B999E2

triadic

#999EE2 #E2999E #9EE299

tetradic

#999EE2 #E299C3 #E2DD99 #99E2B9

square

#999EE2 #E299C3 #E2DD99 #99E2B9

split-complementary

#999EE2 #E2B999 #C3E299

monochromatic

#3A43C7 #6971D4 #999EE2 #C9CBF0 #E7E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#999EE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#999EE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999EE2

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999EE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999EE2	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA6E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A1E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86ABB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999ee2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 158, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.099 280.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9baeb',
    500: '#999ee2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999ee2;
$custom-light: #b9baeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999ee2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.89,
    "s": 55.725,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72121,
    "c": 0.09877,
    "h": 280.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999EE2

secondary

#EFEEDC

accent

#B822C3

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121116

muted

#818084

Preview Lab

Preview with #999EE2

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

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