#949CD4#949CD4

#949CD4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.082 H 277.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#949CD4
RGB	rgb(148, 156, 212)
HSL	hsl(233, 43%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(233, 30%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.2%, 26.4%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.61, 9.92, -29.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.61, 31.11, 288.60°)
OKLab	oklab(70.72% 0.0112 -0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(70.72% 0.082 277.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.9816, 34.8252, 67.1007)
Luminance	0.3483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#949CD4 #D4CC94

analogous

#94BCD4 #949CD4 #AC94D4

triadic

#949CD4 #D4949C #9CD494

tetradic

#949CD4 #D494BC #D4CC94 #94D4AC

square

#949CD4 #D494BC #D4CC94 #94D4AC

split-complementary

#949CD4 #D4AC94 #BCD494

monochromatic

#4451A9 #6874C2 #949CD4 #C0C4E6 #E9EBF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#949CD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#949CD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #949CD4

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##949CD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##949CD4	1.00	2.64	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA2D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889DD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83A6AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #949cd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(148, 156, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.082 277.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5b9e1',
    500: '#949cd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #949cd4;
$custom-light: #b5b9e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#949cd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 148,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.5,
    "s": 42.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70719,
    "c": 0.08237,
    "h": 277.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#949CD4

secondary

#EBE8D9

accent

#A530B6

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#111115

muted

#808083

Preview Lab

Preview with #949CD4

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

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