#99CEFA#99CEFA

#99CEFA is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.083 H 244.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#99CEFA
RGB	rgb(153, 206, 250)
HSL	hsl(207, 91%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(207, 39%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 17.6%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.64, -6.40, -27.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.64, 27.77, 256.69°)
OKLab	oklab(83.03% -0.0363 -0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(83.03% 0.083 244.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.4578, 57.8140, 98.8190)
Luminance	0.5782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#99CEFA #FAC599

analogous

#99FAF5 #99CEFA #999EFA

triadic

#99CEFA #FA99CE #CEFA99

tetradic

#99CEFA #F599FA #FAC599 #9EFA99

square

#99CEFA #F599FA #FAC599 #9EFA99

split-complementary

#99CEFA #FA999E #FAF599

monochromatic

#2496F4 #5FB2F7 #99CEFA #D3EAFD #E2F1FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#99CEFA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.56

#99CEFA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99CEFA

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99CEFA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99CEFA	1.00	1.67	12.56	12.56
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCCEFC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFC4F9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#76D9DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #99cefa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 206, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.083 244.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#badcfc',
    500: '#99cefa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99cefa;
$custom-light: #badcfc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99cefa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.216,
    "s": 90.654,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83026,
    "c": 0.08304,
    "h": 244.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99CEFA

secondary

#DB965D

accent

#6800E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFF

border

#D1D5D7

text

#121517

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #99CEFA

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

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