#99C8E7#99C8E7

#99C8E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.066 H 237.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#99C8E7
RGB	rgb(153, 200, 231)
HSL	hsl(204, 62%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(204, 34%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.8%, 13.4%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.37, -8.03, -20.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.37, 21.84, 248.43°)
OKLab	oklab(81.03% -0.0355 -0.0558)
OKLCH	oklch(81.03% 0.066 237.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.2104, 53.8479, 83.4392)
Luminance	0.5385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#99C8E7 #E7B899

analogous

#99E7DF #99C8E7 #99A1E7

triadic

#99C8E7 #E799C8 #C8E799

tetradic

#99C8E7 #DF99E7 #E7B899 #A1E799

square

#99C8E7 #DF99E7 #E7B899 #A1E799

split-complementary

#99C8E7 #E799A1 #E7DF99

monochromatic

#3693D0 #67ADDB #99C8E7 #CBE3F3 #E6F2F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#99C8E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#99C8E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99C8E7

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99C8E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99C8E7	1.00	1.78	11.77	11.77
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC7E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BEE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7FD0D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #99c8e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 200, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.066 237.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9d8ee',
    500: '#99c8e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99c8e7;
$custom-light: #b9d8ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99c8e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.846,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81026,
    "c": 0.06611,
    "h": 237.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99C8E7

secondary

#C18863

accent

#611CCA

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#121416

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #99C8E7

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

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