#959EC2#959EC2

#959EC2 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.054 H 274.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#959EC2
RGB	rgb(149, 158, 194)
HSL	hsl(228, 27%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(228, 23%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.2%, 18.6%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.54, 4.69, -19.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.54, 20.13, 283.47°)
OKLab	oklab(70.46% 0.0037 -0.0536)
OKLCH	oklch(70.46% 0.054 274)
XYZ	xyz(34.3564, 34.7375, 55.9234)
Luminance	0.3474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#959EC2 #C2B995

analogous

#95B5C2 #959EC2 #A395C2

triadic

#959EC2 #C2959E #9EC295

tetradic

#959EC2 #C295B5 #C2B995 #95C2A3

square

#959EC2 #C295B5 #C2B995 #95C2A3

split-complementary

#959EC2 #C2A395 #B5C295

monochromatic

#515C8C #6E7AAC #959EC2 #BCC2D8 #E3E5EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#959EC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#959EC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #959EC2

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##959EC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##959EC2	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A1C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919EC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8AA5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #959ec2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 158, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.054 274.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4bad4',
    500: '#959ec2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #959ec2;
$custom-light: #b4bad4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#959ec2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228,
    "s": 26.946,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70462,
    "c": 0.05369,
    "h": 274
  },
  "luminance": 0.34738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#959EC2

secondary

#E0DED2

accent

#9140A6

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#111114

muted

#808083

Preview Lab

Preview with #959EC2

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

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