#999FF3#999FF3

#999FF3 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.121 H 279.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999FF3
RGB	rgb(153, 159, 243)
HSL	hsl(236, 79%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(236, 37%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(37%, 34.6%, 0%, 4.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.05, 17.67, -42.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.05, 46.24, 292.47°)
OKLab	oklab(73.12% 0.0207 -0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(73.12% 0.121 279.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.7080, 38.0381, 89.9212)
Luminance	0.3804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999FF3 #F3ED99

analogous

#99CCF3 #999FF3 #C099F3

triadic

#999FF3 #F3999F #9FF399

tetradic

#999FF3 #F399CC #F3ED99 #99F3C0

square

#999FF3 #F399CC #F3ED99 #99F3C0

split-complementary

#999FF3 #F3C099 #CCF399

monochromatic

#2B38E6 #626BED #999FF3 #D0D3F9 #E4E5FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#999FF3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#999FF3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999FF3

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999FF3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999FF3	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84A9F6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7FA3F1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7FAFBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999ff3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 159, 243);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.121 279.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#babbf7',
    500: '#999ff3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999ff3;
$custom-light: #babbf7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999ff3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 243
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236,
    "s": 78.947,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7312,
    "c": 0.1214,
    "h": 279.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999FF3

secondary

#F4F2D7

accent

#CD0ADB

background

#FBFBFF

surface

#F6F6FF

border

#D0D0D7

text

#121117

muted

#818085

Preview Lab

Preview with #999FF3

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

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