#959CD1#959CD1

#959CD1 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.078 H 278.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#959CD1
RGB	rgb(149, 156, 209)
HSL	hsl(233, 39%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(233, 29%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.7%, 25.4%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.57, 9.47, -27.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.57, 29.45, 288.75°)
OKLab	oklab(70.66% 0.0113 -0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(70.66% 0.078 278.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.7884, 34.7690, 65.1347)
Luminance	0.3477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#959CD1 #D1CA95

analogous

#95BAD1 #959CD1 #AC95D1

triadic

#959CD1 #D1959C #9CD195

tetradic

#959CD1 #D195BA #D1CA95 #95D1AC

square

#959CD1 #D195BA #D1CA95 #95D1AC

split-complementary

#959CD1 #D1AC95 #BAD195

monochromatic

#4752A4 #6A74BE #959CD1 #C0C4E4 #EAEBF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#959CD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#959CD1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #959CD1

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##959CD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##959CD1	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA2D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#899DD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86A6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #959cd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 156, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.078 278.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5b9df',
    500: '#959cd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #959cd1;
$custom-light: #b5b9df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#959cd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233,
    "s": 39.474,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70664,
    "c": 0.07786,
    "h": 278.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#959CD1

secondary

#E9E7D9

accent

#A433B2

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#111115

muted

#808083

Preview Lab

Preview with #959CD1

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

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