#959CD3#959CD3

#959CD3 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.081 H 278.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#959CD3
RGB	rgb(149, 156, 211)
HSL	hsl(233, 41%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(233, 29%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 26.1%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.65, 9.97, -28.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.65, 30.54, 289.04°)
OKLab	oklab(70.75% 0.0119 -0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(70.75% 0.081 278.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.0376, 34.8686, 66.4470)
Luminance	0.3487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#959CD3 #D3CC95

analogous

#95BBD3 #959CD3 #AD95D3

triadic

#959CD3 #D3959C #9CD395

tetradic

#959CD3 #D395BB #D3CC95 #95D3AD

square

#959CD3 #D395BB #D3CC95 #95D3AD

split-complementary

#959CD3 #D3AD95 #BBD395

monochromatic

#4651A8 #6A74C1 #959CD3 #C0C4E5 #E9EBF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#959CD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#959CD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #959CD3

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##959CD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##959CD3	1.00	2.63	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA2D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889DD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85A6AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #959cd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 156, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.081 278.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5b9e0',
    500: '#959cd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #959cd3;
$custom-light: #b5b9e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#959cd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.226,
    "s": 41.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7075,
    "c": 0.08074,
    "h": 278.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#959CD3

secondary

#EAE8D9

accent

#A631B4

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#111115

muted

#808083

Preview Lab

Preview with #959CD3

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

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