#999FE3#999FE3

#999FE3 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.099 H 279.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999FE3
RGB	rgb(153, 159, 227)
HSL	hsl(235, 57%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(235, 33%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.6%, 30%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.36, 13.48, -35.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.36, 37.54, 291.05°)
OKLab	oklab(72.36% 0.0167 -0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(72.36% 0.099 279.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.3963, 37.1134, 77.7460)
Luminance	0.3711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999FE3 #E3DD99

analogous

#99C4E3 #999FE3 #B899E3

triadic

#999FE3 #E3999F #9FE399

tetradic

#999FE3 #E399C4 #E3DD99 #99E3B8

square

#999FE3 #E399C4 #E3DD99 #99E3B8

split-complementary

#999FE3 #E3B899 #C4E399

monochromatic

#3945C9 #6972D6 #999FE3 #C9CCF0 #E7E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#999FE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#999FE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999FE3

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999FE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999FE3	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA7E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A1E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85ACB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999fe3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 159, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.099 279.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9bbec',
    500: '#999fe3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999fe3;
$custom-light: #b9bbec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999fe3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.135,
    "s": 56.923,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72365,
    "c": 0.09883,
    "h": 279.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999FE3

secondary

#F0EEDB

accent

#B721C4

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121116

muted

#818084

Preview Lab

Preview with #999FE3

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

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