#949EAE#949EAE

#949EAE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.026 H 259.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#949EAE
RGB	rgb(148, 158, 174)
HSL	hsl(217, 14%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(217, 15%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 9.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.81, -0.19, -9.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.81, 9.51, 268.85°)
OKLab	oklab(69.65% -0.0046 -0.0257)
OKLCH	oklch(69.65% 0.026 259.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.0778, 33.8051, 44.8712)
Luminance	0.3381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#949EAE #AEA494

analogous

#94ABAE #949EAE #9794AE

triadic

#949EAE #AE949E #9EAE94

tetradic

#949EAE #AE94AB #AEA494 #94AE97

square

#949EAE #AE94AB #AEA494 #94AE97

split-complementary

#949EAE #AE9794 #ABAE94

monochromatic

#566172 #717E94 #949EAE #B7BEC8 #DADDE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#949EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#949EAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #949EAE

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##949EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##949EAE	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999FAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969CAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8EA1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #949eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(148, 158, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.026 259.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3bac6',
    500: '#949eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #949eae;
$custom-light: #b3bac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#949eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 148,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.923,
    "s": 13.83,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69648,
    "c": 0.0261,
    "h": 259.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#949EAE

secondary

#D4D0CA

accent

#7B4E98

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111113

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #949EAE

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

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