#999EED#999EED

#999EED is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.114 H 280.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999EED
RGB	rgb(153, 158, 237)
HSL	hsl(236, 70%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(236, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.4%, 33.3%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.53, 16.65, -40.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.53, 43.57, 292.47°)
OKLab	oklab(72.64% 0.0206 -0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(72.64% 0.114 280.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.6455, 37.3390, 85.1699)
Luminance	0.3734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999EED #EDE899

analogous

#99C8ED #999EED #BE99ED

triadic

#999EED #ED999E #9EED99

tetradic

#999EED #ED99C8 #EDE899 #99EDBE

square

#999EED #ED99C8 #EDE899 #99EDBE

split-complementary

#999EED #EDBE99 #C8ED99

monochromatic

#313BDB #656DE4 #999EED #CDCFF6 #E5E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#999EED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#999EED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999EED

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999EED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999EED	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85A8F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81A2EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82ADBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999eed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 158, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.114 280.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9baf3',
    500: '#999eed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999eed;
$custom-light: #b9baf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999eed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.429,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72635,
    "c": 0.11434,
    "h": 280.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999EED

secondary

#F2F1D9

accent

#C714D2

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121117

muted

#818085

Preview Lab

Preview with #999EED

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

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