#999EFF#999EFF

#999EFF is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.139 H 280.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999EFF
RGB	rgb(153, 158, 255)
HSL	hsl(237, 100%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(237, 40%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 38%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.35, 21.48, -48.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.35, 53.32, 293.76°)
OKLab	oklab(73.53% 0.0245 -0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(73.53% 0.139 280.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.4085, 38.4442, 99.7216)
Luminance	0.3845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999EFF #FFFA99

analogous

#99D1FF #999EFF #C799FF

triadic

#999EFF #FF999E #9EFF99

tetradic

#999EFF #FF99D1 #FFFA99 #99FFC7

square

#999EFF #FF99D1 #FFFA99 #99FFC7

split-complementary

#999EFF #FFC799 #D1FF99

monochromatic

#1F2AFF #5C64FF #999EFF #D6D8FF #E0E2FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#999EFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#999EFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999EFF

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999EFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999EFF	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7DAAFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#77A3FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7AB1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999eff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 158, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.139 280.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbbaff',
    500: '#999eff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999eff;
$custom-light: #bbbaff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999eff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.059,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73529,
    "c": 0.13941,
    "h": 280.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999EFF

secondary

#F7F6D4

accent

#DA00E6

background

#FBFBFF

surface

#F7F6FF

border

#D0D0D7

text

#121118

muted

#818086

Preview Lab

Preview with #999EFF

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

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