#999FCC#999FCC

#999FCC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.066 H 278.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999FCC
RGB	rgb(153, 159, 204)
HSL	hsl(233, 33%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(233, 25%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 22.1%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.46, 7.75, -23.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.46, 24.94, 288.11°)
OKLab	oklab(71.37% 0.0099 -0.0651)
OKLCH	oklch(71.37% 0.066 278.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.4313, 35.9274, 62.1303)
Luminance	0.3593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999FCC #CCC699

analogous

#99B9CC #999FCC #AC99CC

triadic

#999FCC #CC999F #9FCC99

tetradic

#999FCC #CC99B9 #CCC699 #99CCAC

square

#999FCC #CC99B9 #CCC699 #99CCAC

split-complementary

#999FCC #CCAC99 #B9CC99

monochromatic

#4E579C #7079B8 #999FCC #C2C5E0 #EBECF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#999FCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#999FCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999FCC

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999FCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999FCC	1.00	2.57	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A4CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A0CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8DA7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999fcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 159, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.066 278.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8bbdb',
    500: '#999fcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999fcc;
$custom-light: #b8bbdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999fcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.941,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71373,
    "c": 0.06589,
    "h": 278.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999FCC

secondary

#E8E6D9

accent

#9F39AC

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#111115

muted

#808083

Preview Lab

Preview with #999FCC

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

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