#949DAD#949DAD

#949DAD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.026 H 262.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#949DAD
RGB	rgb(148, 157, 173)
HSL	hsl(218, 13%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(218, 14%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 9.2%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.50, 0.15, -9.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.50, 9.40, 270.89°)
OKLab	oklab(69.4% -0.0035 -0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(69.4% 0.026 262.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.8108, 33.4265, 44.3031)
Luminance	0.3343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#949DAD #ADA494

analogous

#94A9AD #949DAD #9794AD

triadic

#949DAD #AD949D #9DAD94

tetradic

#949DAD #AD94A9 #ADA494 #94AD97

square

#949DAD #AD94A9 #ADA494 #94AD97

split-complementary

#949DAD #AD9794 #A9AD94

monochromatic

#566070 #717D92 #949DAD #B7BDC8 #D9DCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#949DAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#949DAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #949DAD

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##949DAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##949DAD	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989EAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969BAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8EA0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #949dad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(148, 157, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.026 262.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3b9c5',
    500: '#949dad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #949dad;
$custom-light: #b3b9c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#949dad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 148,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.4,
    "s": 13.228,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.694,
    "c": 0.02563,
    "h": 262.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#949DAD

secondary

#D3D0CA

accent

#7D4E97

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111112

muted

#808081

Preview Lab

Preview with #949DAD

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

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