#959CD2#959CD2

#959CD2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.079 H 278.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#959CD2
RGB	rgb(149, 156, 210)
HSL	hsl(233, 40%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(233, 29%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(29%, 25.7%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.61, 9.72, -28.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.61, 30.00, 288.90°)
OKLab	oklab(70.71% 0.0116 -0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(70.71% 0.079 278.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.9126, 34.8186, 65.7888)
Luminance	0.3482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#959CD2 #D2CB95

analogous

#95BAD2 #959CD2 #AC95D2

triadic

#959CD2 #D2959C #9CD295

tetradic

#959CD2 #D295BA #D2CB95 #95D2AC

square

#959CD2 #D295BA #D2CB95 #95D2AC

split-complementary

#959CD2 #D2AC95 #BAD295

monochromatic

#4751A6 #6A74C0 #959CD2 #C0C4E4 #EAEBF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#959CD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#959CD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #959CD2

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##959CD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##959CD2	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA2D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#899DD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86A6AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #959cd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 156, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.079 278.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5b9e0',
    500: '#959cd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #959cd2;
$custom-light: #b5b9e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#959cd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.115,
    "s": 40.397,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70707,
    "c": 0.0793,
    "h": 278.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#959CD2

secondary

#EAE8D9

accent

#A532B3

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#111115

muted

#808083

Preview Lab

Preview with #959CD2

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

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