#99BCDE#99BCDE

#99BCDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.062 H 247.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#99BCDE
RGB	rgb(153, 188, 222)
HSL	hsl(210, 51%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(210, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.1%, 15.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.83, -3.85, -20.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.83, 21.18, 259.53°)
OKLab	oklab(78.13% -0.0232 -0.0572)
OKLCH	oklch(78.13% 0.062 247.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.3009, 48.0108, 76.0259)
Luminance	0.4801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#99BCDE #DEBB99

analogous

#99DEDD #99BCDE #9999DE

triadic

#99BCDE #DE99BC #BCDE99

tetradic

#99BCDE #DD99DE #DEBB99 #99DE99

square

#99BCDE #DD99DE #DEBB99 #99DE99

split-complementary

#99BCDE #DE9999 #DEDD99

monochromatic

#3E7FBF #6B9ECF #99BCDE #C7DAED #E8F0F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#99BCDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#99BCDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99BCDE

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99BCDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99BCDE	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBCE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B5DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84C4C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #99bcde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 188, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.062 247.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8d0e8',
    500: '#99bcde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99bcde;
$custom-light: #b8d0e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99bcde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.565,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78134,
    "c": 0.06172,
    "h": 247.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99BCDE

secondary

#EFE5DC

accent

#7227BE

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FC

border

#D0D2D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #99BCDE

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

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