#99CDEC#99CDEC

#99CDEC is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.069 H 234.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#99CDEC
RGB	rgb(153, 205, 236)
HSL	hsl(202, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(202, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 13.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.89, -9.42, -20.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.89, 22.73, 245.52°)
OKLab	oklab(82.28% -0.04 -0.0568)
OKLCH	oklch(82.28% 0.069 234.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.1036, 56.4884, 87.6039)
Luminance	0.5649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#99CDEC #ECB899

analogous

#99ECE2 #99CDEC #99A4EC

triadic

#99CDEC #EC99CD #CDEC99

tetradic

#99CDEC #E299EC #ECB899 #A4EC99

square

#99CDEC #E299EC #ECB899 #A4EC99

split-complementary

#99CDEC #EC99A4 #ECE299

monochromatic

#329AD9 #65B4E2 #99CDEC #CDE6F6 #E5F2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#99CDEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.30

#99CDEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99CDEC

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99CDEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99CDEC	1.00	1.71	12.30	12.30
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFCBEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3C2EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7CD5D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #99cdec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 205, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.069 234.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9dcf2',
    500: '#99cdec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99cdec;
$custom-light: #b9dcf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99cdec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.41,
    "s": 68.595,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82281,
    "c": 0.06949,
    "h": 234.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99CDEC

secondary

#C88862

accent

#5B15D1

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#121516

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #99CDEC

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

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