#999EF3#999EF3

#999EF3 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.123 H 280.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999EF3
RGB	rgb(153, 158, 243)
HSL	hsl(237, 79%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(237, 37%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(37%, 35%, 0%, 4.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.80, 18.24, -43.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.80, 46.83, 292.93°)
OKLab	oklab(72.93% 0.022 -0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(72.93% 0.123 280.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.5368, 37.6955, 89.8641)
Luminance	0.3770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999EF3 #F3EE99

analogous

#99CBF3 #999EF3 #C199F3

triadic

#999EF3 #F3999E #9EF399

tetradic

#999EF3 #F399CB #F3EE99 #99F3C1

square

#999EF3 #F399CB #F3EE99 #99F3C1

split-complementary

#999EF3 #F3C199 #CBF399

monochromatic

#2B36E6 #626AED #999EF3 #D0D2F9 #E4E5FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#999EF3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#999EF3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999EF3

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999EF3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999EF3	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82A9F6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7EA2F1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7FAEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999ef3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 158, 243);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.123 280.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#babaf7',
    500: '#999ef3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999ef3;
$custom-light: #babaf7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999ef3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 243
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.667,
    "s": 78.947,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72926,
    "c": 0.12275,
    "h": 280.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999EF3

secondary

#F4F2D7

accent

#D00ADB

background

#FBFBFF

surface

#F6F6FF

border

#D0D0D7

text

#121117

muted

#818085

Preview Lab

Preview with #999EF3

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

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