#969AA6#969AA6

#969AA6 is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.018 H 271.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#969AA6
RGB	rgb(150, 154, 166)
HSL	hsl(225, 8%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(225, 10%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 7.2%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.63, 1.00, -6.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.63, 6.83, 278.40°)
OKLab	oklab(68.68% 0.0004 -0.0181)
OKLCH	oklch(68.68% 0.018 271.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.0148, 32.3481, 40.6788)
Luminance	0.3235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#969AA6 #A6A296

analogous

#96A2A6 #969AA6 #9A96A6

triadic

#969AA6 #A6969A #9AA696

tetradic

#969AA6 #A696A2 #A6A296 #96A69A

square

#969AA6 #A696A2 #A6A296 #96A69A

split-complementary

#969AA6 #A69A96 #A2A696

monochromatic

#595D69 #757A8A #969AA6 #B7BAC2 #D8DADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#969AA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#969AA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #969AA6

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##969AA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##969AA6	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979BA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9699A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#939C9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #969aa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 154, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.018 271.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4b7c0',
    500: '#969aa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #969aa6;
$custom-light: #b4b7c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#969aa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 8.247,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6868,
    "c": 0.01813,
    "h": 271.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#969AA6

secondary

#CFCDC9

accent

#825392

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111112

muted

#808081

Preview Lab

Preview with #969AA6

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

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