#999EF8#999EF8

#999EF8 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.130 H 280.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999EF8
RGB	rgb(153, 158, 248)
HSL	hsl(237, 87%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(237, 38%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.3%, 36.3%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.02, 19.59, -45.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.02, 49.54, 293.29°)
OKLab	oklab(73.17% 0.0231 -0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(73.17% 0.13 280.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.3021, 38.0017, 93.8949)
Luminance	0.3800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999EF8 #F8F399

analogous

#99CDF8 #999EF8 #C399F8

triadic

#999EF8 #F8999E #9EF899

tetradic

#999EF8 #F899CD #F8F399 #99F8C3

square

#999EF8 #F899CD #F8F399 #99F8C3

split-complementary

#999EF8 #F8C399 #CDF899

monochromatic

#2631F0 #6068F4 #999EF8 #D2D4FC #E2E4FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#999EF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#999EF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999EF8

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999EF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999EF8	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80A9FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7BA2F6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7DB0BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999ef8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 158, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.130 280.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#babafb',
    500: '#999ef8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999ef8;
$custom-light: #babafb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999ef8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.842,
    "s": 87.156,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73174,
    "c": 0.12972,
    "h": 280.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999EF8

secondary

#F5F3D6

accent

#D802E4

background

#FBFBFF

surface

#F6F6FF

border

#D0D0D7

text

#121117

muted

#818085

Preview Lab

Preview with #999EF8

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

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