#959CED#959CED

#959CED is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.118 H 279.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#959CED
RGB	rgb(149, 156, 237)
HSL	hsl(235, 71%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(235, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 34.2%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.73, 16.72, -41.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.73, 44.77, 291.93°)
OKLab	oklab(71.95% 0.0189 -0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(71.95% 0.118 279.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.5646, 36.2794, 85.0223)
Luminance	0.3628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#959CED #EDE695

analogous

#95C8ED #959CED #BA95ED

triadic

#959CED #ED959C #9CED95

tetradic

#959CED #ED95C8 #EDE695 #95EDBA

square

#959CED #ED95C8 #EDE695 #95EDBA

split-complementary

#959CED #EDBA95 #C8ED95

monochromatic

#2C3ADB #616BE4 #959CED #C9CDF6 #E5E7FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#959CED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#959CED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #959CED

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##959CED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##959CED	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82A6F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D9FEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7CACBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #959ced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 156, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.118 279.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7b9f3',
    500: '#959ced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #959ced;
$custom-light: #b7b9f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#959ced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.227,
    "s": 70.968,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71948,
    "c": 0.11774,
    "h": 279.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#959CED

secondary

#F2F0D9

accent

#C413D3

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111117

muted

#808085

Preview Lab

Preview with #959CED

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

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