#99BDCD#99BDCD

#99BDCD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.045 H 226.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#99BDCD
RGB	rgb(153, 189, 205)
HSL	hsl(198, 34%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(198, 25%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 7.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.56, -8.43, -12.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.56, 14.67, 234.94°)
OKLab	oklab(77.73% -0.0308 -0.0327)
OKLCH	oklch(77.73% 0.045 226.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.3507, 47.5736, 64.6970)
Luminance	0.4758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#99BDCD #CDA999

analogous

#99CDC3 #99BDCD #99A3CD

triadic

#99BDCD #CD99BD #BDCD99

tetradic

#99BDCD #C399CD #CDA999 #A3CD99

square

#99BDCD #C399CD #CDA999 #A3CD99

split-complementary

#99BDCD #CD99A3 #CDC399

monochromatic

#4D859E #70A2B9 #99BDCD #C2D8E1 #EAF2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#99BDCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#99BDCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99BDCD

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99BDCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99BDCD	1.00	2.00	10.52	10.52
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BBCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB5CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#89C2C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #99bdcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 189, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.045 226.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8d0dc',
    500: '#99bdcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99bdcd;
$custom-light: #b8d0dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99bdcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.462,
    "s": 34.211,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77734,
    "c": 0.04492,
    "h": 226.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99BDCD

secondary

#E8DEDA

accent

#5C38AD

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F9FB

border

#D0D2D4

text

#111415

muted

#808283

Preview Lab

Preview with #99BDCD

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

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