#999FEE#999FEE

#999FEE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.114 H 279.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999FEE
RGB	rgb(153, 159, 238)
HSL	hsl(236, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(236, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 33.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.83, 16.35, -40.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.83, 43.53, 292.06°)
OKLab	oklab(72.88% 0.0195 -0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(72.88% 0.114 279.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.9632, 37.7402, 85.9986)
Luminance	0.3774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999FEE #EEE899

analogous

#99CAEE #999FEE #BE99EE

triadic

#999FEE #EE999F #9FEE99

tetradic

#999FEE #EE99CA #EEE899 #99EEBE

square

#999FEE #EE99CA #EEE899 #99EEBE

split-complementary

#999FEE #EEBE99 #CAEE99

monochromatic

#303CDD #656EE5 #999FEE #CDD0F7 #E5E6FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#999FEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#999FEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999FEE

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999FEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999FEE	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A8F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81A2EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#81AEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999fee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 159, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.114 279.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9bbf4',
    500: '#999fee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999fee;
$custom-light: #b9bbf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999fee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.765,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72879,
    "c": 0.11439,
    "h": 279.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999FEE

secondary

#F2F0D9

accent

#C612D3

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121117

muted

#818085

Preview Lab

Preview with #999FEE

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

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