#99BDCA#99BDCA

#99BDCA is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.043 H 221.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#99BDCA
RGB	rgb(153, 189, 202)
HSL	hsl(196, 32%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(196, 24%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 6.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.46, -9.12, -10.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.46, 13.92, 229.07°)
OKLab	oklab(77.63% -0.0319 -0.0286)
OKLCH	oklch(77.63% 0.043 221.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.9920, 47.4302, 62.8081)
Luminance	0.4743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#99BDCA #CAA699

analogous

#99CABF #99BDCA #99A5CA

triadic

#99BDCA #CA99BD #BDCA99

tetradic

#99BDCA #BF99CA #CAA699 #A5CA99

square

#99BDCA #BF99CA #CAA699 #A5CA99

split-complementary

#99BDCA #CA99A5 #CABF99

monochromatic

#508699 #71A3B5 #99BDCA #C1D7DF #EAF1F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#99BDCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#99BDCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99BDCA

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99BDCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99BDCA	1.00	2.00	10.49	10.49
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BBCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB5CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8AC1C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #99bdca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 189, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.043 221.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8d0da',
    500: '#99bdca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99bdca;
$custom-light: #b8d0da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99bdca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.918,
    "s": 31.613,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77632,
    "c": 0.04288,
    "h": 221.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99BDCA

secondary

#E6DCD8

accent

#593BAA

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F9FA

border

#D0D2D3

text

#111414

muted

#808283

Preview Lab

Preview with #99BDCA

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

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