#9D99E9#9D99E9

#9D99E9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.115 H 285.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D99E9
RGB	rgb(157, 153, 233)
HSL	hsl(243, 65%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(243, 34%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.6%, 34.3%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.39, 19.56, -39.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.39, 44.36, 296.16°)
OKLab	oklab(71.78% 0.0306 -0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(71.78% 0.115 285.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.9999, 35.8327, 81.8839)
Luminance	0.3583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D99E9 #E5E999

analogous

#99BDE9 #9D99E9 #C599E9

triadic

#9D99E9 #E99D99 #99E99D

tetradic

#9D99E9 #E999BD #E5E999 #99E9C5

square

#9D99E9 #E999BD #E5E999 #99E9C5

split-complementary

#9D99E9 #E9C599 #BDE999

monochromatic

#3C34D3 #6D67DE #9D99E9 #CDCBF4 #E7E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#9D99E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#9D99E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9D99E9

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D99E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D99E9	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81A4EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F9FE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8AA8B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d99e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 153, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.115 285.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb7f0',
    500: '#9d99e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d99e9;
$custom-light: #bcb7f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d99e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243,
    "s": 64.516,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71777,
    "c": 0.11526,
    "h": 285.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D99E9

secondary

#F0F1DA

accent

#CC19C3

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F7F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121116

muted

#818084

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D99E9

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

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