#99BCDA#99BCDA

#99BCDA is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.057 H 244.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#99BCDA
RGB	rgb(153, 188, 218)
HSL	hsl(208, 47%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(208, 30%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 13.8%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.70, -4.82, -18.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.70, 19.46, 255.66°)
OKLab	oklab(77.98% -0.0247 -0.0517)
OKLCH	oklch(77.98% 0.057 244.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.7712, 47.7989, 73.2359)
Luminance	0.4780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#99BCDA #DAB799

analogous

#99DAD7 #99BCDA #999BDA

triadic

#99BCDA #DA99BC #BCDA99

tetradic

#99BCDA #D799DA #DAB799 #9BDA99

square

#99BCDA #D799DA #DAB799 #9BDA99

split-complementary

#99BCDA #DA999B #DAD799

monochromatic

#4281B6 #6C9FCA #99BCDA #C6D9EA #E9F0F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#99BCDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#99BCDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99BCDA

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99BCDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99BCDA	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BCDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B5D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85C3C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #99bcda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 188, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.057 244.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8d0e5',
    500: '#99bcda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99bcda;
$custom-light: #b8d0e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99bcda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.692,
    "s": 46.763,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77984,
    "c": 0.05726,
    "h": 244.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99BCDA

secondary

#EEE5DD

accent

#6D2CBA

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FC

border

#D0D2D5

text

#111315

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #99BCDA

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

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