#959EA5#959EA5

#959EA5 is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.015 H 241.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#959EA5
RGB	rgb(149, 158, 165)
HSL	hsl(206, 8%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(206, 10%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.7%, 4.2%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.61, -1.77, -4.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.61, 5.07, 249.51°)
OKLab	oklab(69.42% -0.007 -0.0127)
OKLCH	oklch(69.42% 0.015 241)
XYZ	xyz(31.4113, 33.5595, 40.4128)
Luminance	0.3356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#959EA5 #A59C95

analogous

#95A5A4 #959EA5 #9596A5

triadic

#959EA5 #A5959E #9EA595

tetradic

#959EA5 #A495A5 #A59C95 #96A595

square

#959EA5 #A495A5 #A59C95 #96A595

split-complementary

#959EA5 #A59596 #A5A495

monochromatic

#586168 #748089 #959EA5 #B6BCC1 #D7DBDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#959EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#959EA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #959EA5

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##959EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##959EA5	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9EA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999CA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91A0A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #959ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 158, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.015 241.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4babf',
    500: '#959ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #959ea5;
$custom-light: #b4babf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#959ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.25,
    "s": 8.163,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69422,
    "c": 0.01456,
    "h": 241
  },
  "luminance": 0.3356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#959EA5

secondary

#CECBC8

accent

#6F5392

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111112

muted

#808081

Preview Lab

Preview with #959EA5

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

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