#969CAE#969CAE

#969CAE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.027 H 271.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#969CAE
RGB	rgb(150, 156, 174)
HSL	hsl(225, 13%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(225, 14%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 10.3%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.42, 1.59, -10.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.42, 10.20, 278.97°)
OKLab	oklab(69.38% 0.0005 -0.0272)
OKLCH	oklch(69.38% 0.027 271)
XYZ	xyz(32.1044, 33.3165, 44.7755)
Luminance	0.3332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#969CAE #AEA896

analogous

#96A8AE #969CAE #9C96AE

triadic

#969CAE #AE969C #9CAE96

tetradic

#969CAE #AE96A8 #AEA896 #96AE9C

square

#969CAE #AE96A8 #AEA896 #96AE9C

split-complementary

#969CAE #AE9C96 #A8AE96

monochromatic

#585E72 #737B93 #969CAE #B9BDC9 #DBDDE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#969CAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#969CAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #969CAE

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##969CAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##969CAE	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979DAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959BAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#919FA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #969cae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 156, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.027 271.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5b9c6',
    500: '#969cae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #969cae;
$custom-light: #b5b9c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#969cae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 12.903,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69378,
    "c": 0.02721,
    "h": 271
  },
  "luminance": 0.33317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#969CAE

secondary

#D4D2CC

accent

#854E97

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111113

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #969CAE

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

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