#99BCDD#99BCDD

#99BCDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.061 H 247.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#99BCDD
RGB	rgb(153, 188, 221)
HSL	hsl(209, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(209, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.8%, 14.9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.80, -4.09, -20.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.80, 20.74, 258.62°)
OKLab	oklab(78.1% -0.0236 -0.0558)
OKLCH	oklch(78.1% 0.061 247.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.1673, 47.9573, 75.3221)
Luminance	0.4796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#99BCDD #DDBA99

analogous

#99DDDC #99BCDD #999ADD

triadic

#99BCDD #DD99BC #BCDD99

tetradic

#99BCDD #DC99DD #DDBA99 #9ADD99

square

#99BCDD #DC99DD #DDBA99 #9ADD99

split-complementary

#99BCDD #DD999A #DDDC99

monochromatic

#3F80BD #6B9ECE #99BCDD #C7DAEC #E8F0F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#99BCDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#99BCDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99BCDD

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99BCDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99BCDD	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBCDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B5DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84C4C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #99bcdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 188, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.061 247.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8d0e7',
    500: '#99bcdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99bcdd;
$custom-light: #b8d0e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99bcdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.118,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78096,
    "c": 0.06058,
    "h": 247.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99BCDD

secondary

#EEE5DD

accent

#7128BD

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FC

border

#D0D2D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #99BCDD

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

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