#999EEE#999EEE

#999EEE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.116 H 280.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999EEE
RGB	rgb(153, 158, 238)
HSL	hsl(236, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(236, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 33.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.57, 16.92, -40.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.57, 44.11, 292.55°)
OKLab	oklab(72.68% 0.0208 -0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(72.68% 0.116 280.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.7920, 37.3976, 85.9415)
Luminance	0.3740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999EEE #EEE999

analogous

#99C9EE #999EEE #BF99EE

triadic

#999EEE #EE999E #9EEE99

tetradic

#999EEE #EE99C9 #EEE999 #99EEBF

square

#999EEE #EE99C9 #EEE999 #99EEBF

split-complementary

#999EEE #EEBF99 #C9EE99

monochromatic

#303ADD #656CE5 #999EEE #CDD0F7 #E5E6FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#999EEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#999EEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999EEE

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999EEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999EEE	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85A8F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80A2EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#81ADBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999eee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 158, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.116 280.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9baf4',
    500: '#999eee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999eee;
$custom-light: #b9baf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999eee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.471,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72683,
    "c": 0.11575,
    "h": 280.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999EEE

secondary

#F2F1D9

accent

#C812D3

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121117

muted

#818085

Preview Lab

Preview with #999EEE

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

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