#99BDE3#99BDE3

#99BDE3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.067 H 250.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#99BDE3
RGB	rgb(153, 189, 227)
HSL	hsl(211, 57%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(211, 33%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.6%, 16.7%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.27, -3.15, -22.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.27, 23.08, 262.15°)
OKLab	oklab(78.54% -0.0228 -0.0629)
OKLCH	oklch(78.54% 0.067 250.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.1954, 48.7115, 79.6791)
Luminance	0.4871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#99BDE3 #E3BF99

analogous

#99E2E3 #99BDE3 #9A99E3

triadic

#99BDE3 #E399BD #BDE399

tetradic

#99BDE3 #E399E2 #E3BF99 #99E39A

square

#99BDE3 #E399E2 #E3BF99 #99E39A

split-complementary

#99BDE3 #E39A99 #E2E399

monochromatic

#397FC9 #699ED6 #99BDE3 #C9DCF0 #E7EFF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#99BDE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#99BDE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99BDE3

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99BDE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99BDE3	1.00	1.95	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBEE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B6E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82C6C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #99bde3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 189, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.067 250.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9d0eb',
    500: '#99bde3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99bde3;
$custom-light: #b9d0eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99bde3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.811,
    "s": 56.923,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78536,
    "c": 0.06691,
    "h": 250.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99BDE3

secondary

#F0E6DB

accent

#7521C4

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FD

border

#D0D2D5

text

#121416

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #99BDE3

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

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