#9E99E6#9E99E6

#9E99E6 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.111 H 286.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E99E6
RGB	rgb(158, 153, 230)
HSL	hsl(244, 61%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(244, 33%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.3%, 33.5%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.34, 19.07, -38.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.34, 42.74, 296.50°)
OKLab	oklab(71.71% 0.031 -0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(71.71% 0.111 286.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.7709, 35.7637, 79.6552)
Luminance	0.3577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E99E6 #E1E699

analogous

#99BBE6 #9E99E6 #C499E6

triadic

#9E99E6 #E69E99 #99E69E

tetradic

#9E99E6 #E699BB #E1E699 #99E6C4

square

#9E99E6 #E699BB #E1E699 #99E6C4

split-complementary

#9E99E6 #E6C499 #BBE699

monochromatic

#4137CE #6F68DA #9E99E6 #CDCAF2 #E8E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#9E99E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#9E99E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E99E6

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E99E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E99E6	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83A3E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819FE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8CA7B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e99e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 153, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.111 286.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb7ee',
    500: '#9e99e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e99e6;
$custom-light: #bcb7ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e99e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.896,
    "s": 60.63,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71712,
    "c": 0.11098,
    "h": 286.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E99E6

secondary

#EFF0DB

accent

#C81DBD

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F7F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121116

muted

#818084

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E99E6

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

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