#959EE9#959EE9

#959EE9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.109 H 278.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#959EE9
RGB	rgb(149, 158, 233)
HSL	hsl(234, 66%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(234, 36%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 32.2%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.07, 14.51, -38.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.07, 41.43, 290.51°)
OKLab	oklab(72.15% 0.0153 -0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(72.15% 0.109 278)
XYZ	xyz(39.3251, 36.7250, 82.0916)
Luminance	0.3673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#959EE9 #E9E095

analogous

#95C8E9 #959EE9 #B695E9

triadic

#959EE9 #E9959E #9EE995

tetradic

#959EE9 #E995C8 #E9E095 #95E9B6

square

#959EE9 #E995C8 #E9E095 #95E9B6

split-complementary

#959EE9 #E9B695 #C8E995

monochromatic

#3041D4 #6270DE #959EE9 #C8CCF4 #E6E8FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#959EE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#959EE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #959EE9

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##959EE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##959EE9	1.00	2.52	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A7EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81A0E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7DACB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #959ee9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 158, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.109 278.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7baf0',
    500: '#959ee9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #959ee9;
$custom-light: #b7baf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#959ee9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.571,
    "s": 65.625,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72151,
    "c": 0.10942,
    "h": 278
  },
  "luminance": 0.36726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#959EE9

secondary

#F1EFDA

accent

#BA18CD

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #959EE9

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

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