#99BEF9#99BEF9

#99BEF9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.093 H 259.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#99BEF9
RGB	rgb(153, 190, 249)
HSL	hsl(217, 89%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(217, 39%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 23.7%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.34, 1.94, -33.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.34, 33.15, 273.36°)
OKLab	oklab(79.64% -0.0169 -0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(79.64% 0.093 259.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.6439, 50.4363, 96.7762)
Luminance	0.5044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#99BEF9 #F9D499

analogous

#99EEF9 #99BEF9 #A499F9

triadic

#99BEF9 #F999BE #BEF999

tetradic

#99BEF9 #F999EE #F9D499 #99F9A4

square

#99BEF9 #F999EE #F9D499 #99F9A4

split-complementary

#99BEF9 #F9A499 #EEF999

monochromatic

#2574F2 #5F99F6 #99BEF9 #D3E3FC #E2EDFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#99BEF9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#99BEF9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99BEF9

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99BEF9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99BEF9	1.00	1.89	11.09	11.09
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9C1FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB8F8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79CBD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #99bef9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 190, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.093 259.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bad1fb',
    500: '#99bef9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99bef9;
$custom-light: #bad1fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99bef9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.875,
    "s": 88.889,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79636,
    "c": 0.09344,
    "h": 259.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99BEF9

secondary

#D9A95D

accent

#8D00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFF

border

#D1D4D7

text

#121417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #99BEF9

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

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