#99AAE9#99AAE9

#99AAE9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.093 H 272.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#99AAE9
RGB	rgb(153, 170, 233)
HSL	hsl(227, 65%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(227, 34%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 27%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.46, 8.83, -33.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.46, 34.66, 284.75°)
OKLab	oklab(74.85% 0.0038 -0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(74.85% 0.093 272.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.2153, 41.4033, 82.8423)
Luminance	0.4140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Color harmonies

complementary

#99AAE9 #E9D899

analogous

#99D2E9 #99AAE9 #B099E9

triadic

#99AAE9 #E999AA #AAE999

tetradic

#99AAE9 #E999D2 #E9D899 #99E9B0

square

#99AAE9 #E999D2 #E9D899 #99E9B0

split-complementary

#99AAE9 #E9B099 #D2E999

monochromatic

#3456D3 #6780DE #99AAE9 #CBD4F4 #E6EAFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#99AAE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#99AAE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99AAE9

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99AAE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99AAE9	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96B0EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A9E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82B6C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #99aae9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 170, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.093 272.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c3f0',
    500: '#99aae9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99aae9;
$custom-light: #b9c3f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99aae9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.25,
    "s": 64.516,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74845,
    "c": 0.09317,
    "h": 272.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99AAE9

secondary

#F1ECDA

accent

#A619CC

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #99AAE9

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

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