#99BCDB#99BCDB

#99BCDB is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.058 H 245.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#99BCDB
RGB	rgb(153, 188, 219)
HSL	hsl(208, 48%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(208, 30%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.1%, 14.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.73, -4.58, -19.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.73, 19.88, 256.69°)
OKLab	oklab(78.02% -0.0243 -0.053)
OKLCH	oklch(78.02% 0.058 245.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.9024, 47.8514, 73.9271)
Luminance	0.4785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#99BCDB #DBB899

analogous

#99DBD9 #99BCDB #999BDB

triadic

#99BCDB #DB99BC #BCDB99

tetradic

#99BCDB #D999DB #DBB899 #9BDB99

square

#99BCDB #D999DB #DBB899 #9BDB99

split-complementary

#99BCDB #DB999B #DBD999

monochromatic

#4180B8 #6C9ECB #99BCDB #C6DAEB #E8F0F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#99BCDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#99BCDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99BCDB

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99BCDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99BCDB	1.00	1.99	10.57	10.57
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BCDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B5DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85C3C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #99bcdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 188, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.058 245.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8d0e6',
    500: '#99bcdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99bcdb;
$custom-light: #b8d0e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99bcdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.182,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78021,
    "c": 0.05835,
    "h": 245.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99BCDB

secondary

#EEE5DD

accent

#6E2ABB

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FC

border

#D0D2D5

text

#111415

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #99BCDB

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

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