#959CD8#959CD8

#959CD8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.088 H 278.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#959CD8
RGB	rgb(149, 156, 216)
HSL	hsl(234, 46%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(234, 31%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 27.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.84, 11.23, -31.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.84, 33.29, 289.72°)
OKLab	oklab(70.97% 0.0134 -0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(70.97% 0.088 278.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.6742, 35.1232, 69.7996)
Luminance	0.3512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#959CD8 #D8D195

analogous

#95BED8 #959CD8 #B095D8

triadic

#959CD8 #D8959C #9CD895

tetradic

#959CD8 #D895BE #D8D195 #95D8B0

square

#959CD8 #D895BE #D8D195 #95D8B0

split-complementary

#959CD8 #D8B095 #BED895

monochromatic

#414DB1 #6872C8 #959CD8 #C2C6E8 #E9EAF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#959CD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#959CD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #959CD8

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##959CD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##959CD8	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA3DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869ED7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84A7B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #959cd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 156, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.088 278.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5b9e4',
    500: '#959cd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #959cd8;
$custom-light: #b5b9e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#959cd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.731,
    "s": 46.207,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7097,
    "c": 0.08791,
    "h": 278.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#959CD8

secondary

#EDEBDC

accent

#AB2CB9

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#111115

muted

#808083

Preview Lab

Preview with #959CD8

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

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