#959CD6#959CD6

#959CD6 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.085 H 278.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#959CD6
RGB	rgb(149, 156, 214)
HSL	hsl(234, 44%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(234, 30%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.4%, 27.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.76, 10.72, -30.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.76, 32.19, 289.45°)
OKLab	oklab(70.88% 0.0128 -0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(70.88% 0.085 278.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.4172, 35.0205, 68.4462)
Luminance	0.3502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#959CD6 #D6CF95

analogous

#95BCD6 #959CD6 #AE95D6

triadic

#959CD6 #D6959C #9CD695

tetradic

#959CD6 #D695BC #D6CF95 #95D6AE

square

#959CD6 #D695BC #D6CF95 #95D6AE

split-complementary

#959CD6 #D6AE95 #BCD695

monochromatic

#434FAD #6973C5 #959CD6 #C1C5E7 #E9EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#959CD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#959CD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #959CD6

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##959CD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##959CD6	1.00	2.62	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA2D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879ED5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84A7B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #959cd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 156, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.085 278.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5b9e2',
    500: '#959cd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #959cd6;
$custom-light: #b5b9e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#959cd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.538,
    "s": 44.218,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70881,
    "c": 0.08504,
    "h": 278.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#959CD6

secondary

#ECEADB

accent

#A92EB7

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#111115

muted

#808083

Preview Lab

Preview with #959CD6

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

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