#949BAE#949BAE

#949BAE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.029 H 269.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#949BAE
RGB	rgb(148, 155, 174)
HSL	hsl(224, 14%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(224, 15%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 10.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.99, 1.48, -10.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.99, 10.83, 277.84°)
OKLab	oklab(69.01% -0.0002 -0.029)
OKLCH	oklch(69.01% 0.029 269.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.5723, 32.7941, 44.7027)
Luminance	0.3280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#949BAE #AEA794

analogous

#94A8AE #949BAE #9A94AE

triadic

#949BAE #AE949B #9BAE94

tetradic

#949BAE #AE94A8 #AEA794 #94AE9A

square

#949BAE #AE94A8 #AEA794 #94AE9A

split-complementary

#949BAE #AE9A94 #A8AE94

monochromatic

#565D72 #717A94 #949BAE #B7BCC8 #DADCE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#949BAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#949BAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #949BAE

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##949BAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##949BAE	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969CAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949AAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E9FA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #949bae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(148, 155, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.029 269.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3b8c6',
    500: '#949bae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #949bae;
$custom-light: #b3b8c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#949bae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 148,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.846,
    "s": 13.83,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69009,
    "c": 0.029,
    "h": 269.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#949BAE

secondary

#D4D1CA

accent

#844E98

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111113

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #949BAE

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

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