#999EF2#999EF2

#999EF2 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.121 H 280.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999EF2
RGB	rgb(153, 158, 242)
HSL	hsl(237, 77%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(237, 37%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.8%, 34.7%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.75, 17.98, -42.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.75, 46.28, 292.86°)
OKLab	oklab(72.88% 0.0217 -0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(72.88% 0.121 280.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.3862, 37.6353, 89.0709)
Luminance	0.3764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999EF2 #F2ED99

analogous

#99CBF2 #999EF2 #C099F2

triadic

#999EF2 #F2999E #9EF299

tetradic

#999EF2 #F299CB #F2ED99 #99F2C0

square

#999EF2 #F299CB #F2ED99 #99F2C0

split-complementary

#999EF2 #F2C099 #CBF299

monochromatic

#2C37E4 #636AEB #999EF2 #CFD2F9 #E4E5FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#999EF2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#999EF2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999EF2

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999EF2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999EF2	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83A8F5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7EA2F0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#80AEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999ef2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 158, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.121 280.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#babaf6',
    500: '#999ef2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999ef2;
$custom-light: #babaf6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999ef2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.629,
    "s": 77.391,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72877,
    "c": 0.12135,
    "h": 280.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999EF2

secondary

#F3F2D8

accent

#CE0CDA

background

#FBFBFF

surface

#F6F6FE

border

#D0D0D6

text

#121117

muted

#818085

Preview Lab

Preview with #999EF2

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

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