#9D99EA#9D99EA

#9D99EA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.117 H 285.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D99EA
RGB	rgb(157, 153, 234)
HSL	hsl(243, 66%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(243, 35%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.9%, 34.6%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.44, 19.81, -40.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.44, 44.91, 296.18°)
OKLab	oklab(71.83% 0.0308 -0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(71.83% 0.117 285.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.1431, 35.8900, 82.6384)
Luminance	0.3589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D99EA #E6EA99

analogous

#99BDEA #9D99EA #C599EA

triadic

#9D99EA #EA9D99 #99EA9D

tetradic

#9D99EA #EA99BD #E6EA99 #99EAC5

square

#9D99EA #EA99BD #E6EA99 #99EAC5

split-complementary

#9D99EA #EAC599 #BDEA99

monochromatic

#3B33D5 #6C66E0 #9D99EA #CECCF4 #E7E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#9D99EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#9D99EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9D99EA

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D99EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D99EA	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81A4ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F9FE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#89A8B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d99ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 153, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.117 285.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb7f1',
    500: '#9d99ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d99ea;
$custom-light: #bcb7f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d99ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.963,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71825,
    "c": 0.11666,
    "h": 285.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D99EA

secondary

#F0F1DA

accent

#CE18C5

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F7F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121116

muted

#818084

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D99EA

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

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