#949EBE#949EBE

#949EBE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.048 H 271.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#949EBE
RGB	rgb(148, 158, 190)
HSL	hsl(226, 24%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(226, 22%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.1%, 16.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.33, 3.43, -17.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.33, 18.00, 280.99°)
OKLab	oklab(70.23% 0.0013 -0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(70.23% 0.048 271.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.7315, 34.4666, 53.5807)
Luminance	0.3447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#949EBE #BEB494

analogous

#94B3BE #949EBE #9F94BE

triadic

#949EBE #BE949E #9EBE94

tetradic

#949EBE #BE94B3 #BEB494 #94BE9F

square

#949EBE #BE94B3 #BEB494 #94BE9F

split-complementary

#949EBE #BE9F94 #B3BE94

monochromatic

#515E86 #6E7BA7 #949EBE #BAC1D5 #E0E3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#949EBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#949EBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #949EBE

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##949EBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##949EBE	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A0C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929DBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8AA4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #949ebe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(148, 158, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.048 271.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4bad1',
    500: '#949ebe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #949ebe;
$custom-light: #b4bad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#949ebe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 148,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.714,
    "s": 24.419,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70231,
    "c": 0.04828,
    "h": 271.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#949EBE

secondary

#DEDAD0

accent

#8C43A3

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111114

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #949EBE

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

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