#99BDFD#99BDFD

#99BDFD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.100 H 261.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#99BDFD
RGB	rgb(153, 189, 253)
HSL	hsl(218, 96%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(218, 40%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 25.3%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.23, 3.55, -35.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.23, 35.59, 275.72°)
OKLab	oklab(79.6% -0.0145 -0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(79.6% 0.1 261.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.0585, 50.2568, 100.0250)
Luminance	0.5026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#99BDFD #FDD999

analogous

#99EFFD #99BDFD #A799FD

triadic

#99BDFD #FD99BD #BDFD99

tetradic

#99BDFD #FD99EF #FDD999 #99FDA7

square

#99BDFD #FD99EF #FDD999 #99FDA7

split-complementary

#99BDFD #FDA799 #EFFD99

monochromatic

#216FFB #5D96FC #99BDFD #D5E4FE #E1ECFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#99BDFD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#99BDFD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99BDFD

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99BDFD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99BDFD	1.00	1.90	11.05	11.05
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6C1FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB8FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#77CAD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #99bdfd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 189, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.100 261.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bad0fe',
    500: '#99bdfd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99bdfd;
$custom-light: #bad0fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99bdfd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.4,
    "s": 96.154,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79601,
    "c": 0.09958,
    "h": 261.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99BDFD

secondary

#DFB05B

accent

#9300E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFF

border

#D1D4D7

text

#121418

muted

#828386

Preview Lab

Preview with #99BDFD

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

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