#999FE8#999FE8

#999FE8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.106 H 279.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999FE8
RGB	rgb(153, 159, 232)
HSL	hsl(235, 63%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(235, 34%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 31.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.57, 14.77, -37.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.57, 40.26, 291.53°)
OKLab	oklab(72.6% 0.018 -0.1044)
OKLCH	oklch(72.6% 0.106 279.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.0964, 37.3934, 81.4333)
Luminance	0.3740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999FE8 #E8E299

analogous

#99C6E8 #999FE8 #BA99E8

triadic

#999FE8 #E8999F #9FE899

tetradic

#999FE8 #E899C6 #E8E299 #99E8BA

square

#999FE8 #E899C6 #E8E299 #99E8BA

split-complementary

#999FE8 #E8BA99 #C6E899

monochromatic

#3541D1 #6770DD #999FE8 #CBCEF3 #E6E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#999FE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#999FE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999FE8

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999FE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999FE8	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A8EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A2E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84ADB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999fe8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 159, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.106 279.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9bbef',
    500: '#999fe8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999fe8;
$custom-light: #b9bbef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999fe8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.443,
    "s": 63.2,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72596,
    "c": 0.10592,
    "h": 279.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999FE8

secondary

#F1EFDA

accent

#BE1BCB

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121116

muted

#818084

Preview Lab

Preview with #999FE8

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

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