#959DE3#959DE3

#959DE3 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.102 H 278.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#959DE3
RGB	rgb(149, 157, 227)
HSL	hsl(234, 58%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(234, 34%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.4%, 30.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.56, 13.50, -36.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.56, 38.74, 290.40°)
OKLab	oklab(71.67% 0.0151 -0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(71.67% 0.102 278.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.3126, 36.0482, 77.5975)
Luminance	0.3605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#959DE3 #E3DB95

analogous

#95C4E3 #959DE3 #B495E3

triadic

#959DE3 #E3959D #9DE395

tetradic

#959DE3 #E395C4 #E3DB95 #95E3B4

square

#959DE3 #E395C4 #E3DB95 #95E3B4

split-complementary

#959DE3 #E3B495 #C4E395

monochromatic

#3544C9 #6570D6 #959DE3 #C5CAF0 #E7E9F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#959DE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#959DE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #959DE3

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##959DE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##959DE3	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A5E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839FE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#80AAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #959de3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 157, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.102 278.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6b9ec',
    500: '#959de3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #959de3;
$custom-light: #b6b9ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#959de3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.846,
    "s": 58.209,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7167,
    "c": 0.10226,
    "h": 278.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#959DE3

secondary

#F0EEDB

accent

#B520C6

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #959DE3

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

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