#99BDFF#99BDFF

#99BDFF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.102 H 262.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#99BDFF
RGB	rgb(153, 189, 255)
HSL	hsl(219, 100%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(219, 40%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 25.9%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.30, 4.08, -36.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.30, 36.59, 276.41°)
OKLab	oklab(79.69% -0.0139 -0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(79.69% 0.102 262.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.3788, 50.3849, 101.7117)
Luminance	0.5039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#99BDFF #FFDB99

analogous

#99F0FF #99BDFF #A899FF

triadic

#99BDFF #FF99BD #BDFF99

tetradic

#99BDFF #FF99F0 #FFDB99 #99FFA8

square

#99BDFF #FF99F0 #FFDB99 #99FFA8

split-complementary

#99BDFF #FFA899 #F0FF99

monochromatic

#1F6EFF #5C95FF #99BDFF #D6E5FF #E0EBFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#99BDFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#99BDFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99BDFF

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99BDFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99BDFF	1.00	1.90	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6C1FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB8FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#76CBD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #99bdff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 189, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.102 262.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bad0ff',
    500: '#99bdff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99bdff;
$custom-light: #bad0ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99bdff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.824,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79688,
    "c": 0.1022,
    "h": 262.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99BDFF

secondary

#E2B25A

accent

#9500E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFF

border

#D1D4D7

text

#121418

muted

#828386

Preview Lab

Preview with #99BDFF

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

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