#959FE5#959FE5

#959FE5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.102 H 277.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#959FE5
RGB	rgb(149, 159, 229)
HSL	hsl(233, 61%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(233, 35%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 30.6%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.16, 12.89, -36.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.16, 38.68, 289.46°)
OKLab	oklab(72.16% 0.013 -0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(72.16% 0.102 277.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.9314, 36.8416, 79.1734)
Luminance	0.3684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#959FE5 #E5DB95

analogous

#95C7E5 #959FE5 #B395E5

triadic

#959FE5 #E5959F #9FE595

tetradic

#959FE5 #E595C7 #E5DB95 #95E5B3

square

#959FE5 #E595C7 #E5DB95 #95E5B3

split-complementary

#959FE5 #E5B395 #C7E595

monochromatic

#3346CD #6472D9 #959FE5 #C6CCF1 #E6E9F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#959FE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#959FE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #959FE5

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##959FE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##959FE5	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A7E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A1E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7FACB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #959fe5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 159, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.102 277.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6bbed',
    500: '#959fe5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #959fe5;
$custom-light: #b6bbed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#959fe5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.5,
    "s": 60.606,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72162,
    "c": 0.10244,
    "h": 277.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#959FE5

secondary

#F0EEDB

accent

#B31DC8

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #959FE5

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

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