#99AEF9#99AEF9

#99AEF9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.111 H 271.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#99AEF9
RGB	rgb(153, 174, 249)
HSL	hsl(227, 89%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(227, 39%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 30.1%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.15, 10.80, -39.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.15, 41.03, 285.26°)
OKLab	oklab(76.37% 0.0031 -0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(76.37% 0.111 271.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.3667, 43.8819, 95.6838)
Luminance	0.4388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#99AEF9 #F9E499

analogous

#99DEF9 #99AEF9 #B499F9

triadic

#99AEF9 #F999AE #AEF999

tetradic

#99AEF9 #F999DE #F9E499 #99F9B4

square

#99AEF9 #F999DE #F9E499 #99F9B4

split-complementary

#99AEF9 #F9B499 #DEF999

monochromatic

#2552F2 #5F80F6 #99AEF9 #D3DCFC #E2E8FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#99AEF9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#99AEF9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99AEF9

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99AEF9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99AEF9	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95B5FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DADF7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7BBDC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #99aef9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 174, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.111 271.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bac6fb',
    500: '#99aef9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99aef9;
$custom-light: #bac6fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99aef9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.875,
    "s": 88.889,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76373,
    "c": 0.11056,
    "h": 271.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99AEF9

secondary

#F5EED6

accent

#B300E6

background

#FBFCFF

surface

#F6F8FF

border

#D0D1D7

text

#121317

muted

#818285

Preview Lab

Preview with #99AEF9

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

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