#949ECD#949ECD

#949ECD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.070 H 275.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#949ECD
RGB	rgb(148, 158, 205)
HSL	hsl(229, 36%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(229, 28%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 22.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.87, 7.04, -25.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.87, 26.17, 285.61°)
OKLab	oklab(70.83% 0.0063 -0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(70.83% 0.07 275.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.4561, 35.1564, 62.6635)
Luminance	0.3516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#949ECD #CDC394

analogous

#94BBCD #949ECD #A794CD

triadic

#949ECD #CD949E #9ECD94

tetradic

#949ECD #CD94BB #CDC394 #94CDA7

square

#949ECD #CD94BB #CDC394 #94CDA7

split-complementary

#949ECD #CDA794 #BBCD94

monochromatic

#49589D #6A78BA #949ECD #BEC4E0 #E7EAF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#949ECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#949ECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #949ECD

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##949ECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##949ECD	1.00	2.61	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A2CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9ECC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85A7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #949ecd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(148, 158, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.070 275.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4badc',
    500: '#949ecd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #949ecd;
$custom-light: #b4badc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#949ecd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 148,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.474,
    "s": 36.306,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7083,
    "c": 0.06972,
    "h": 275.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#949ECD

secondary

#E7E4D6

accent

#9A36AF

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#111115

muted

#808083

Preview Lab

Preview with #949ECD

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

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