#999FED#999FED

#999FED is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.113 H 279.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999FED
RGB	rgb(153, 159, 237)
HSL	hsl(236, 70%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(236, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.4%, 32.9%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.79, 16.08, -39.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.79, 42.98, 291.97°)
OKLab	oklab(72.83% 0.0193 -0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(72.83% 0.113 279.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.8167, 37.6816, 85.2270)
Luminance	0.3768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999FED #EDE799

analogous

#99C9ED #999FED #BD99ED

triadic

#999FED #ED999F #9FED99

tetradic

#999FED #ED99C9 #EDE799 #99EDBD

square

#999FED #ED99C9 #EDE799 #99EDBD

split-complementary

#999FED #EDBD99 #C9ED99

monochromatic

#313DDB #656EE4 #999FED #CDD0F6 #E5E7FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#999FED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#999FED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999FED

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999FED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999FED	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A8F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82A2EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82AEBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999fed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 159, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.113 279.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9bbf3',
    500: '#999fed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999fed;
$custom-light: #b9bbf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999fed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.714,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72831,
    "c": 0.11298,
    "h": 279.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999FED

secondary

#F2F0D9

accent

#C414D2

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121117

muted

#818085

Preview Lab

Preview with #999FED

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

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