#9F99E9#9F99E9

#9F99E9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.115 H 286.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F99E9
RGB	rgb(159, 153, 233)
HSL	hsl(245, 65%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(245, 34%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.8%, 34.3%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.55, 20.11, -39.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.55, 44.39, 296.94°)
OKLab	oklab(71.93% 0.0328 -0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(71.93% 0.115 286.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.3934, 36.0356, 81.9023)
Luminance	0.3604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F99E9 #E3E999

analogous

#99BBE9 #9F99E9 #C799E9

triadic

#9F99E9 #E99F99 #99E99F

tetradic

#9F99E9 #E999BB #E3E999 #99E9C7

square

#9F99E9 #E999BB #E3E999 #99E9C7

split-complementary

#9F99E9 #E9C799 #BBE999

monochromatic

#4034D3 #7067DE #9F99E9 #CECBF4 #E7E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#9F99E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#9F99E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9F99E9

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F99E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F99E9	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81A4EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80A0E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8DA8B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f99e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 153, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.115 286.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb7f0',
    500: '#9f99e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f99e9;
$custom-light: #bdb7f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f99e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.5,
    "s": 64.516,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71934,
    "c": 0.11513,
    "h": 286.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F99E9

secondary

#EFF1DA

accent

#CC19BF

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F7F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121116

muted

#818084

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F99E9

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

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