#99BCED#99BCED

#99BCED is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.080 H 256.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#99BCED
RGB	rgb(153, 188, 237)
HSL	hsl(215, 70%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(215, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.4%, 20.7%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.36, -0.08, -28.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.36, 28.14, 269.83°)
OKLab	oklab(78.72% -0.0182 -0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(78.72% 0.08 256.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.4015, 48.8510, 87.0886)
Luminance	0.4885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#99BCED #EDCA99

analogous

#99E6ED #99BCED #A099ED

triadic

#99BCED #ED99BC #BCED99

tetradic

#99BCED #ED99E6 #EDCA99 #99EDA0

square

#99BCED #ED99E6 #EDCA99 #99EDA0

split-complementary

#99BCED #EDA099 #E6ED99

monochromatic

#3178DB #659AE4 #99BCED #CDDEF6 #E5EEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#99BCED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#99BCED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99BCED

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99BCED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99BCED	1.00	1.95	10.77	10.77
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AABEEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B6EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7EC7CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #99bced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 188, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.080 256.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9d0f3',
    500: '#99bced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99bced;
$custom-light: #b9d0f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99bced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78722,
    "c": 0.07988,
    "h": 256.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99BCED

secondary

#F2E8D9

accent

#8314D2

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FD

border

#D0D2D5

text

#121317

muted

#818285

Preview Lab

Preview with #99BCED

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

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