#99BFEF#99BFEF

#99BFEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.080 H 254.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#99BFEF
RGB	rgb(153, 191, 239)
HSL	hsl(213, 73%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(213, 36%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 20.1%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.23, -1.20, -27.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.23, 27.90, 267.54°)
OKLab	oklab(79.43% -0.0213 -0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(79.43% 0.08 254.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.3428, 50.2636, 88.8519)
Luminance	0.5027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#99BFEF #EFC999

analogous

#99EAEF #99BFEF #9E99EF

triadic

#99BFEF #EF99BF #BFEF99

tetradic

#99BFEF #EF99EA #EFC999 #99EF9E

square

#99BFEF #EF99EA #EFC999 #99EF9E

split-complementary

#99BFEF #EF9E99 #EAEF99

monochromatic

#2F7DDE #649EE7 #99BFEF #CEE0F7 #E5EEFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#99BFEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#99BFEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99BFEF

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99BFEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99BFEF	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)

#ADC1F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B8EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7DCACF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #99bfef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 191, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.080 254.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9d2f4',
    500: '#99bfef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99bfef;
$custom-light: #b9d2f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99bfef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.488,
    "s": 72.881,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79431,
    "c": 0.07996,
    "h": 254.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99BFEF

secondary

#CC9C61

accent

#7E11D5

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#121417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #99BFEF

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

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