#99CAEE#99CAEE

#99CAEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.072 H 240.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#99CAEE
RGB	rgb(153, 202, 238)
HSL	hsl(205, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(205, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 15.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.15, -7.34, -22.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.15, 24.03, 252.22°)
OKLab	oklab(81.72% -0.0355 -0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(81.72% 0.072 240.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.6851, 55.1838, 88.9059)
Luminance	0.5519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#99CAEE #EEBD99

analogous

#99EEE8 #99CAEE #99A0EE

triadic

#99CAEE #EE99CA #CAEE99

tetradic

#99CAEE #E899EE #EEBD99 #A0EE99

square

#99CAEE #E899EE #EEBD99 #A0EE99

split-complementary

#99CAEE #EE99A0 #EEE899

monochromatic

#3093DD #65AFE5 #99CAEE #CDE5F7 #E5F1FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#99CAEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#99CAEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99CAEE

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99CAEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99CAEE	1.00	1.74	12.04	12.04
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC9F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFC0ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7CD3D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #99caee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 202, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.072 240.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9daf3',
    500: '#99caee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99caee;
$custom-light: #b9daf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99caee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.412,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81715,
    "c": 0.07233,
    "h": 240.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99CAEE

secondary

#CA8E61

accent

#6412D3

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#121417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #99CAEE

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

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