#959EF8#959EF8

#959EF8 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.130 H 278.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#959EF8
RGB	rgb(149, 158, 248)
HSL	hsl(235, 88%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(235, 40%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.9%, 36.3%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.74, 18.56, -45.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.74, 49.57, 291.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.89% 0.0188 -0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(72.89% 0.13 278.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.5596, 37.6188, 93.8601)
Luminance	0.3762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#959EF8 #F8EF95

analogous

#95D0F8 #959EF8 #BD95F8

triadic

#959EF8 #F8959E #9EF895

tetradic

#959EF8 #F895D0 #F8EF95 #95F8BD

square

#959EF8 #F895D0 #F8EF95 #95F8BD

split-complementary

#959EF8 #F8BD95 #D0F895

monochromatic

#2235F0 #5C69F4 #959EF8 #CED3FC #E2E5FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#959EF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#959EF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #959EF8

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##959EF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##959EF8	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7FA9FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#79A1F6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#77B0BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #959ef8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 158, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.130 278.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8bafb',
    500: '#959ef8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #959ef8;
$custom-light: #b8bafb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#959ef8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.545,
    "s": 87.611,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72885,
    "c": 0.13044,
    "h": 278.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#959EF8

secondary

#F5F2D6

accent

#D001E4

background

#FBFBFF

surface

#F6F6FF

border

#D0D0D7

text

#121117

muted

#818085

Preview Lab

Preview with #959EF8

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

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