#969BE4#969BE4

#969BE4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.106 H 280.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#969BE4
RGB	rgb(150, 155, 228)
HSL	hsl(236, 59%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(236, 34%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.2%, 32%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.16, 15.18, -37.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.16, 40.43, 292.05°)
OKLab	oklab(71.39% 0.0191 -0.1045)
OKLCH	oklch(71.39% 0.106 280.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.2987, 35.5269, 78.2232)
Luminance	0.3553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#969BE4 #E4DF96

analogous

#96C2E4 #969BE4 #B896E4

triadic

#969BE4 #E4969B #9BE496

tetradic

#969BE4 #E496C2 #E4DF96 #96E4B8

square

#969BE4 #E496C2 #E4DF96 #96E4B8

split-complementary

#969BE4 #E4B896 #C2E496

monochromatic

#353ECB #656DD7 #969BE4 #C7C9F1 #E7E8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#969BE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#969BE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #969BE4

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##969BE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##969BE4	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84A4E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809EE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#81A9B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #969be4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 155, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.106 280.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7b8ed',
    500: '#969be4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #969be4;
$custom-light: #b7b8ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#969be4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.154,
    "s": 59.091,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71393,
    "c": 0.10621,
    "h": 280.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#969BE4

secondary

#F0EFDB

accent

#BC1FC7

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #969BE4

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

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