#969AE1#969AE1

#969AE1 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.103 H 280.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#969AE1
RGB	rgb(150, 154, 225)
HSL	hsl(237, 56%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(237, 33%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 31.6%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.77, 14.97, -36.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.77, 39.38, 292.34°)
OKLab	oklab(71.06% 0.0196 -0.1014)
OKLCH	oklch(71.06% 0.103 280.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.7201, 35.0303, 75.9937)
Luminance	0.3503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#969AE1 #E1DD96

analogous

#96BFE1 #969AE1 #B796E1

triadic

#969AE1 #E1969A #9AE196

tetradic

#969AE1 #E196BF #E1DD96 #96E1B7

square

#969AE1 #E196BF #E1DD96 #96E1B7

split-complementary

#969AE1 #E1B796 #BFE196

monochromatic

#3840C4 #666CD3 #969AE1 #C6C8EF #E7E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#969AE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#969AE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #969AE1

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##969AE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##969AE1	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84A2E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819DDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82A7B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #969ae1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 154, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.103 280.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7b7ea',
    500: '#969ae1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #969ae1;
$custom-light: #b7b7ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#969ae1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.8,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71055,
    "c": 0.10333,
    "h": 280.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#969AE1

secondary

#EFEEDC

accent

#BB22C3

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #969AE1

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

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