#999FE5#999FE5

#999FE5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.102 H 279.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999FE5
RGB	rgb(153, 159, 229)
HSL	hsl(235, 59%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(235, 33%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.2%, 30.6%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.44, 14.00, -36.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.44, 38.63, 291.24°)
OKLab	oklab(72.46% 0.0172 -0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(72.46% 0.102 279.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.6739, 37.2244, 79.2082)
Luminance	0.3723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999FE5 #E5DF99

analogous

#99C5E5 #999FE5 #B999E5

triadic

#999FE5 #E5999F #9FE599

tetradic

#999FE5 #E599C5 #E5DF99 #99E5B9

square

#999FE5 #E599C5 #E5DF99 #99E5B9

split-complementary

#999FE5 #E5B999 #C5E599

monochromatic

#3743CC #6871D9 #999FE5 #CACDF1 #E7E8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#999FE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#999FE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999FE5

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999FE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999FE5	1.00	2.49	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA7E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A2E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85ACB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999fe5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 159, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.102 279.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9bbed',
    500: '#999fe5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999fe5;
$custom-light: #b9bbed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999fe5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.263,
    "s": 59.375,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72457,
    "c": 0.10167,
    "h": 279.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999FE5

secondary

#F0EEDB

accent

#BA1EC7

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121116

muted

#818084

Preview Lab

Preview with #999FE5

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

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