#959BE3#959BE3

#959BE3 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.105 H 279.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#959BE3
RGB	rgb(149, 155, 227)
HSL	hsl(235, 58%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(235, 34%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.4%, 31.7%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.04, 14.64, -37.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.04, 39.89, 291.53°)
OKLab	oklab(71.27% 0.0177 -0.1034)
OKLCH	oklch(71.27% 0.105 279.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.9770, 35.3770, 77.4856)
Luminance	0.3538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#959BE3 #E3DD95

analogous

#95C2E3 #959BE3 #B695E3

triadic

#959BE3 #E3959B #9BE395

tetradic

#959BE3 #E395C2 #E3DD95 #95E3B6

square

#959BE3 #E395C2 #E3DD95 #95E3B6

split-complementary

#959BE3 #E3B695 #C2E395

monochromatic

#3540C9 #656DD6 #959BE3 #C5C9F0 #E7E8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#959BE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#959BE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #959BE3

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##959BE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##959BE3	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85A3E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809EE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#80A9B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #959be3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 155, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.105 279.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6b8ec',
    500: '#959be3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #959be3;
$custom-light: #b6b8ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#959be3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.385,
    "s": 58.209,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71272,
    "c": 0.10495,
    "h": 279.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#959BE3

secondary

#F0EEDB

accent

#B920C6

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #959BE3

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

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