#949CB4#949CB4

#949CB4 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.036 H 270.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#949CB4
RGB	rgb(148, 156, 180)
HSL	hsl(225, 18%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(225, 18%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.8%, 13.3%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.46, 2.25, -13.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.46, 13.59, 279.55°)
OKLab	oklab(69.44% 0.0005 -0.0364)
OKLCH	oklch(69.44% 0.036 270.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.3375, 33.3675, 47.9080)
Luminance	0.3337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#949CB4 #B4AC94

analogous

#94ACB4 #949CB4 #9C94B4

triadic

#949CB4 #B4949C #9CB494

tetradic

#949CB4 #B494AC #B4AC94 #94B49C

square

#949CB4 #B494AC #B4AC94 #94B49C

split-complementary

#949CB4 #B49C94 #ACB494

monochromatic

#555E79 #707B9B #949CB4 #B8BDCD #DCDFE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#949CB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#949CB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #949CB4

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##949CB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##949CB4	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959EB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939BB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8DA0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #949cb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(148, 156, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.036 270.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3b9ca',
    500: '#949cb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #949cb4;
$custom-light: #b3b9ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#949cb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 148,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 17.582,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69436,
    "c": 0.03637,
    "h": 270.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#949CB4

secondary

#D7D5CC

accent

#874A9C

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111113

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #949CB4

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

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