#959DDE#959DDE

#959DDE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.095 H 278.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#959DDE
RGB	rgb(149, 157, 222)
HSL	hsl(233, 53%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(233, 33%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.9%, 29.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.35, 12.20, -33.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.35, 36.00, 289.81°)
OKLab	oklab(71.44% 0.0137 -0.0941)
OKLCH	oklch(71.44% 0.095 278.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.6325, 35.7762, 74.0158)
Luminance	0.3578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#959DDE #DED695

analogous

#95C1DE #959DDE #B295DE

triadic

#959DDE #DE959D #9DDE95

tetradic

#959DDE #DE95C1 #DED695 #95DEB2

square

#959DDE #DE95C1 #DED695 #95DEB2

split-complementary

#959DDE #DEB295 #C1DE95

monochromatic

#3B49BE #6672CF #959DDE #C4C8ED #E8E9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#959DDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#959DDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #959DDE

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##959DDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##959DDE	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A4E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859FDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#81A9B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #959dde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 157, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.095 278.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6b9e8',
    500: '#959dde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #959dde;
$custom-light: #b6b9e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#959dde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.425,
    "s": 52.518,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7144,
    "c": 0.09514,
    "h": 278.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#959DDE

secondary

#EFEDDC

accent

#AF26C0

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #959DDE

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

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