#959EA6#959EA6

#959EA6 is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.016 H 244.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#959EA6
RGB	rgb(149, 158, 166)
HSL	hsl(208, 9%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(208, 10%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 4.8%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.64, -1.56, -5.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.64, 5.49, 253.44°)
OKLab	oklab(69.46% -0.0066 -0.0141)
OKLCH	oklch(69.46% 0.016 244.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.5027, 33.5961, 40.8940)
Luminance	0.3360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#959EA6 #A69D95

analogous

#95A6A6 #959EA6 #9596A6

triadic

#959EA6 #A6959E #9EA695

tetradic

#959EA6 #A695A6 #A69D95 #96A695

square

#959EA6 #A695A6 #A69D95 #96A695

split-complementary

#959EA6 #A69596 #A6A695

monochromatic

#586169 #74808A #959EA6 #B6BCC2 #D8DBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#959EA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#959EA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #959EA6

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##959EA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##959EA6	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9EA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999CA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91A0A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #959ea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 158, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.016 244.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4bac0',
    500: '#959ea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #959ea6;
$custom-light: #b4bac0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#959ea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.235,
    "s": 8.718,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69455,
    "c": 0.01563,
    "h": 244.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#959EA6

secondary

#CFCBC8

accent

#715393

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111112

muted

#808081

Preview Lab

Preview with #959EA6

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

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