#999EE5#999EE5

#999EE5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.103 H 280.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999EE5
RGB	rgb(153, 158, 229)
HSL	hsl(236, 59%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(236, 33%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.2%, 31%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.19, 14.56, -36.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.19, 39.21, 291.81°)
OKLab	oklab(72.26% 0.0186 -0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(72.26% 0.103 280.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.5027, 36.8819, 79.1511)
Luminance	0.3688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999EE5 #E5E099

analogous

#99C4E5 #999EE5 #BA99E5

triadic

#999EE5 #E5999E #9EE599

tetradic

#999EE5 #E599C4 #E5E099 #99E5BA

square

#999EE5 #E599C4 #E5E099 #99E5BA

split-complementary

#999EE5 #E5BA99 #C4E599

monochromatic

#3741CC #6870D9 #999EE5 #CACCF1 #E7E8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#999EE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#999EE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999EE5

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999EE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999EE5	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A6E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A1E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85ABB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999ee5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 158, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.103 280.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9baed',
    500: '#999ee5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999ee5;
$custom-light: #b9baed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999ee5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.053,
    "s": 59.375,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72258,
    "c": 0.10304,
    "h": 280.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999EE5

secondary

#F0EFDB

accent

#BC1EC7

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121116

muted

#818084

Preview Lab

Preview with #999EE5

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

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