#959CD4#959CD4

#959CD4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.082 H 278.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#959CD4
RGB	rgb(149, 156, 212)
HSL	hsl(233, 42%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(233, 30%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.7%, 26.4%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.69, 10.22, -29.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.69, 31.09, 289.18°)
OKLab	oklab(70.79% 0.0122 -0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(70.79% 0.082 278.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.1633, 34.9189, 67.1093)
Luminance	0.3492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#959CD4 #D4CD95

analogous

#95BBD4 #959CD4 #AD95D4

triadic

#959CD4 #D4959C #9CD495

tetradic

#959CD4 #D495BB #D4CD95 #95D4AD

square

#959CD4 #D495BB #D4CD95 #95D4AD

split-complementary

#959CD4 #D4AD95 #BBD495

monochromatic

#4550AA #6973C2 #959CD4 #C1C5E6 #E9EBF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#959CD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#959CD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #959CD4

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##959CD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##959CD4	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA2D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889DD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85A6AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #959cd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 156, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.082 278.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5b9e1',
    500: '#959cd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #959cd4;
$custom-light: #b5b9e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#959cd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.333,
    "s": 42.282,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70794,
    "c": 0.08218,
    "h": 278.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#959CD4

secondary

#EBE9DA

accent

#A730B5

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#111115

muted

#808083

Preview Lab

Preview with #959CD4

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

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