#99BBDE#99BBDE

#99BBDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.062 H 249.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#99BBDE
RGB	rgb(153, 187, 222)
HSL	hsl(210, 51%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(210, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.1%, 15.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.56, -3.31, -21.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.56, 21.49, 261.15°)
OKLab	oklab(77.92% -0.0219 -0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(77.92% 0.062 249.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.0881, 47.5850, 75.9549)
Luminance	0.4759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#99BBDE #DEBC99

analogous

#99DDDE #99BBDE #9999DE

triadic

#99BBDE #DE99BB #BBDE99

tetradic

#99BBDE #DE99DD #DEBC99 #99DE99

square

#99BBDE #DE99DD #DEBC99 #99DE99

split-complementary

#99BBDE #DE9999 #DDDE99

monochromatic

#3E7DBF #6B9CCF #99BBDE #C7DAED #E8F0F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#99BBDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#99BBDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99BBDE

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99BBDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99BBDE	1.00	2.00	10.52	10.52
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBBE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B4DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84C3C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #99bbde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 187, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.062 249.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8cfe8',
    500: '#99bbde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99bbde;
$custom-light: #b8cfe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99bbde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.435,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77922,
    "c": 0.0623,
    "h": 249.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99BBDE

secondary

#EFE6DC

accent

#7427BE

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FC

border

#D0D2D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #99BBDE

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

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