#999FFD#999FFD

#999FFD is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.135 H 279.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999FFD
RGB	rgb(153, 159, 253)
HSL	hsl(236, 96%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(236, 40%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 37.2%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.50, 20.37, -47.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.50, 51.65, 293.23°)
OKLab	oklab(73.62% 0.0229 -0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(73.62% 0.135 279.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.2595, 38.6586, 98.0920)
Luminance	0.3866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999FFD #FDF799

analogous

#99D1FD #999FFD #C599FD

triadic

#999FFD #FD999F #9FFD99

tetradic

#999FFD #FD99D1 #FDF799 #99FDC5

square

#999FFD #FD99D1 #FDF799 #99FDC5

split-complementary

#999FFD #FDC599 #D1FD99

monochromatic

#212EFB #5D67FC #999FFD #D5D7FE #E1E3FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#999FFD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#999FFD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999FFD

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999FFD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999FFD	1.00	2.40	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7FABFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#79A4FB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7BB2C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999ffd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 159, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.135 279.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#babbfe',
    500: '#999ffd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999ffd;
$custom-light: #babbfe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999ffd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.4,
    "s": 96.154,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73619,
    "c": 0.13531,
    "h": 279.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999FFD

secondary

#F7F5D4

accent

#D800E6

background

#FBFBFF

surface

#F7F6FF

border

#D0D0D7

text

#121118

muted

#818086

Preview Lab

Preview with #999FFD

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

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