#99AAED#99AAED

#99AAED is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.099 H 272.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#99AAED
RGB	rgb(153, 170, 237)
HSL	hsl(228, 70%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(228, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.4%, 28.3%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.62, 9.87, -35.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.62, 36.80, 285.55°)
OKLab	oklab(75.02% 0.005 -0.0986)
OKLCH	oklch(75.02% 0.099 272.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.7932, 41.6345, 85.8858)
Luminance	0.4164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#99AAED #EDDC99

analogous

#99D4ED #99AAED #B299ED

triadic

#99AAED #ED99AA #AAED99

tetradic

#99AAED #ED99D4 #EDDC99 #99EDB2

square

#99AAED #ED99D4 #EDDC99 #99EDB2

split-complementary

#99AAED #EDB299 #D4ED99

monochromatic

#3153DB #657FE4 #99AAED #CDD5F6 #E5E9FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#99AAED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#99AAED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99AAED

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99AAED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99AAED	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94B0F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EAAEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#81B7C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #99aaed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 170, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.099 272.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c3f3',
    500: '#99aaed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99aaed;
$custom-light: #b9c3f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99aaed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.857,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75023,
    "c": 0.09876,
    "h": 272.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99AAED

secondary

#F2EDD9

accent

#AB14D2

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121217

muted

#818185

Preview Lab

Preview with #99AAED

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

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