#959DE5#959DE5

#959DE5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.105 H 278.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#959DE5
RGB	rgb(149, 157, 229)
HSL	hsl(234, 61%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(234, 35%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 31.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.64, 14.03, -37.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.64, 39.83, 290.62°)
OKLab	oklab(71.76% 0.0156 -0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(71.76% 0.105 278.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.5902, 36.1593, 79.0597)
Luminance	0.3616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#959DE5 #E5DD95

analogous

#95C5E5 #959DE5 #B595E5

triadic

#959DE5 #E5959D #9DE595

tetradic

#959DE5 #E595C5 #E5DD95 #95E5B5

square

#959DE5 #E595C5 #E5DD95 #95E5B5

split-complementary

#959DE5 #E5B595 #C5E595

monochromatic

#3342CD #6470D9 #959DE5 #C6CAF1 #E6E8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#959DE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#959DE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #959DE5

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##959DE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##959DE5	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A5E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829FE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7FABB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #959de5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 157, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.105 278.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6b9ed',
    500: '#959de5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #959de5;
$custom-light: #b6b9ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#959de5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234,
    "s": 60.606,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71763,
    "c": 0.10509,
    "h": 278.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#959DE5

secondary

#F0EEDB

accent

#B71DC8

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #959DE5

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

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