#99AEDE#99AEDE

#99AEDE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.073 H 266.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#99AEDE
RGB	rgb(153, 174, 222)
HSL	hsl(222, 51%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(222, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.1%, 21.6%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.09, 3.80, -26.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.09, 26.81, 278.14°)
OKLab	oklab(75.2% -0.0048 -0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(75.2% 0.073 266.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.4540, 42.3168, 75.0769)
Luminance	0.4232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#99AEDE #DEC999

analogous

#99D0DE #99AEDE #A699DE

triadic

#99AEDE #DE99AE #AEDE99

tetradic

#99AEDE #DE99D0 #DEC999 #99DEA6

square

#99AEDE #DE99D0 #DEC999 #99DEA6

split-complementary

#99AEDE #DEA699 #D0DE99

monochromatic

#3E65BF #6B89CF #99AEDE #C7D3ED #E8EDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#99AEDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#99AEDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99AEDE

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99AEDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99AEDE	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB1E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98ABDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86B8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #99aede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 174, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.073 266.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8c6e8',
    500: '#99aede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99aede;
$custom-light: #b8c6e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99aede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.739,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75198,
    "c": 0.07337,
    "h": 266.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99AEDE

secondary

#EFE9DC

accent

#9027BE

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FC

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #99AEDE

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

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