#949ADE#949ADE

#949ADE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.099 H 279.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#949ADE
RGB	rgb(148, 154, 222)
HSL	hsl(235, 53%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(235, 33%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 30.6%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.50, 13.63, -35.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.50, 37.75, 291.17°)
OKLab	oklab(70.77% 0.0167 -0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(70.77% 0.099 279.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.9495, 34.6798, 73.8401)
Luminance	0.3468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#949ADE #DED894

analogous

#94BFDE #949ADE #B394DE

triadic

#949ADE #DE949A #9ADE94

tetradic

#949ADE #DE94BF #DED894 #94DEB3

square

#949ADE #DE94BF #DED894 #94DEB3

split-complementary

#949ADE #DEB394 #BFDE94

monochromatic

#3A45BD #656ED0 #949ADE #C3C6EC #E8E9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#949ADE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#949ADE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #949ADE

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##949ADE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##949ADE	1.00	2.65	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85A2E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819DDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#80A7B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #949ade;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(148, 154, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.099 279.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5b7e8',
    500: '#949ade',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #949ade;
$custom-light: #b5b7e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#949ade",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 148,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.135,
    "s": 52.857,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70765,
    "c": 0.09938,
    "h": 279.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#949ADE

secondary

#EFEDDC

accent

#B425C0

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #949ADE

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

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