#949CA8#949CA8

#949CA8 is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.020 H 258.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#949CA8
RGB	rgb(148, 156, 168)
HSL	hsl(216, 10%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(216, 12%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.9%, 7.1%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.08, -0.38, -7.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.08, 7.24, 267.01°)
OKLab	oklab(69.02% -0.004 -0.0194)
OKLCH	oklch(69.02% 0.02 258.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.1675, 32.8996, 41.7464)
Luminance	0.3290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#949CA8 #A8A094

analogous

#94A6A8 #949CA8 #9694A8

triadic

#949CA8 #A8949C #9CA894

tetradic

#949CA8 #A894A6 #A8A094 #94A896

square

#949CA8 #A894A6 #A8A094 #94A896

split-complementary

#949CA8 #A89694 #A6A894

monochromatic

#575F6B #727D8D #949CA8 #B6BBC3 #D8DADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#949CA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#949CA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #949CA8

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##949CA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##949CA8	1.00	2.77	7.58	7.58
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989CA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969AA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F9EA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #949ca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(148, 156, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.020 258.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3b9c1',
    500: '#949ca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #949ca8;
$custom-light: #b3b9c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#949ca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 148,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216,
    "s": 10.309,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69015,
    "c": 0.01986,
    "h": 258.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#949CA8

secondary

#D0CDC8

accent

#795194

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111112

muted

#808081

Preview Lab

Preview with #949CA8

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

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