#969BB9#969BB9

#969BB9 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.044 H 277.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#969BB9
RGB	rgb(150, 155, 185)
HSL	hsl(231, 20%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(231, 19%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.9%, 16.2%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.51, 4.60, -16.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.51, 16.76, 285.94°)
OKLab	oklab(69.57% 0.006 -0.0439)
OKLCH	oklch(69.57% 0.044 277.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.0539, 33.4289, 50.6005)
Luminance	0.3343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#969BB9 #B9B496

analogous

#96ACB9 #969BB9 #A296B9

triadic

#969BB9 #B9969B #9BB996

tetradic

#969BB9 #B996AC #B9B496 #96B9A2

square

#969BB9 #B996AC #B9B496 #96B9A2

split-complementary

#969BB9 #B9A296 #ACB996

monochromatic

#555B80 #7178A1 #969BB9 #BBBED1 #DFE1EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#969BB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#969BB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #969BB9

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##969BB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##969BB9	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939EBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919BB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8EA0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #969bb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 155, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.044 277.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5b8ce',
    500: '#969bb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #969bb9;
$custom-light: #b5b8ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#969bb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.429,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69568,
    "c": 0.04426,
    "h": 277.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#969BB9

secondary

#DBDAD0

accent

#92479E

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111113

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #969BB9

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

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