#99A3D6#99A3D6

#99A3D6 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.075 H 275.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#99A3D6
RGB	rgb(153, 163, 214)
HSL	hsl(230, 43%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(230, 29%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.5%, 23.8%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.89, 7.94, -27.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.89, 28.20, 286.36°)
OKLab	oklab(72.6% 0.0075 -0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(72.6% 0.075 275.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.3684, 37.8206, 68.8839)
Luminance	0.3782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#99A3D6 #D6CC99

analogous

#99C2D6 #99A3D6 #AE99D6

triadic

#99A3D6 #D699A3 #A3D699

tetradic

#99A3D6 #D699C2 #D6CC99 #99D6AE

square

#99A3D6 #D699C2 #D6CC99 #99D6AE

split-complementary

#99A3D6 #D6AE99 #C2D699

monochromatic

#4657AE #6D7CC4 #99A3D6 #C5CAE8 #E9EBF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#99A3D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#99A3D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99A3D6

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99A3D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99A3D6	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A8D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A3D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#89ACB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #99a3d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 163, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.075 275.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8bee2',
    500: '#99a3d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99a3d6;
$custom-light: #b8bee2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99a3d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.164,
    "s": 42.657,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72604,
    "c": 0.07502,
    "h": 275.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99A3D6

secondary

#EDEBDE

accent

#A030B6

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#111215

muted

#808183

Preview Lab

Preview with #99A3D6

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

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