#999EE6#999EE6

#999EE6 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.104 H 280.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999EE6
RGB	rgb(153, 158, 230)
HSL	hsl(236, 61%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(236, 33%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.5%, 31.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.23, 14.82, -36.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.23, 39.75, 291.89°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% 0.0188 -0.1027)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.104 280.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.6427, 36.9379, 79.8886)
Luminance	0.3694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999EE6 #E6E199

analogous

#99C4E6 #999EE6 #BB99E6

triadic

#999EE6 #E6999E #9EE699

tetradic

#999EE6 #E699C4 #E6E199 #99E6BB

square

#999EE6 #E699C4 #E6E199 #99E6BB

split-complementary

#999EE6 #E6BB99 #C4E699

monochromatic

#3741CE #686FDA #999EE6 #CACDF2 #E6E8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#999EE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#999EE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999EE6

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999EE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999EE6	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A6E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A1E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84ACB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999ee6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 158, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.104 280.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9baee',
    500: '#999ee6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999ee6;
$custom-light: #b9baee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999ee6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.104,
    "s": 60.63,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72305,
    "c": 0.10445,
    "h": 280.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999EE6

secondary

#F0EFDB

accent

#BD1DC8

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121116

muted

#818084

Preview Lab

Preview with #999EE6

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

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