#949CE9#949CE9

#949CE9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.112 H 278.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#949CE9
RGB	rgb(148, 156, 233)
HSL	hsl(234, 66%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(234, 36%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.5%, 33%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.49, 15.39, -39.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.49, 42.60, 291.17°)
OKLab	oklab(71.68% 0.0168 -0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(71.68% 0.112 278.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.8050, 35.9546, 81.9703)
Luminance	0.3596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#949CE9 #E9E194

analogous

#94C7E9 #949CE9 #B794E9

triadic

#949CE9 #E9949C #9CE994

tetradic

#949CE9 #E994C7 #E9E194 #94E9B7

square

#949CE9 #E994C7 #E9E194 #94E9B7

split-complementary

#949CE9 #E9B794 #C7E994

monochromatic

#2E3ED4 #616DDF #949CE9 #C7CBF3 #E6E8FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#949CE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#949CE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #949CE9

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##949CE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##949CE9	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83A5EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E9FE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7CABB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #949ce9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(148, 156, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.112 278.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6b9f0',
    500: '#949ce9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #949ce9;
$custom-light: #b6b9f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#949ce9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 148,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.353,
    "s": 65.891,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71681,
    "c": 0.11229,
    "h": 278.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#949CE9

secondary

#F1EFDA

accent

#BD18CE

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #949CE9

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

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