#99BCDF#99BCDF

#99BCDF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.063 H 248.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#99BCDF
RGB	rgb(153, 188, 223)
HSL	hsl(210, 52%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(210, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.4%, 15.7%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.87, -3.60, -21.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.87, 21.62, 260.41°)
OKLab	oklab(78.17% -0.0229 -0.0585)
OKLCH	oklch(78.17% 0.063 248.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.4354, 48.0645, 76.7338)
Luminance	0.4807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#99BCDF #DFBC99

analogous

#99DFDF #99BCDF #9999DF

triadic

#99BCDF #DF99BC #BCDF99

tetradic

#99BCDF #DF99DF #DFBC99 #99DF99

square

#99BCDF #DF99DF #DFBC99 #99DF99

split-complementary

#99BCDF #DF9999 #DFDF99

monochromatic

#3D7FC1 #6A9DD0 #99BCDF #C8DBEE #E8F0F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#99BCDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#99BCDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99BCDF

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99BCDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99BCDF	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBCE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B5DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84C4C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #99bcdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 188, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.063 248.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8d0e9',
    500: '#99bcdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99bcdf;
$custom-light: #b8d0e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99bcdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 52.239,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78172,
    "c": 0.06286,
    "h": 248.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99BCDF

secondary

#EFE6DC

accent

#7326C0

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FC

border

#D0D2D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #99BCDF

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

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