#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
RGBrgb(149, 158, 233)
HSLhsl(234, 66%, 75%)
HSVhsv(234, 36%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(36.1%, 32.2%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(67.07, 14.51, -38.81)
CIE-LCHlch(67.07, 41.43, 290.51°)
OKLaboklab(72.15% 0.0153 -0.1083)
OKLCHoklch(72.15% 0.109 278)
XYZxyz(39.3251, 36.7250, 82.0916)
Luminance0.3673 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##959EE91.002.528.358.35
#FFFFFF2.521.0021.0021.00
#0000008.3521.001.001.00
##0000008.3521.001.001.00

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

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#959EE9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva