#969CB2#969CB2

#969CB2 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.033 H 273.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#969CB2
RGB	rgb(150, 156, 178)
HSL	hsl(227, 15%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(227, 16%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.7%, 12.4%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.54, 2.47, -12.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.54, 12.38, 281.50°)
OKLab	oklab(69.52% 0.002 -0.0328)
OKLCH	oklch(69.52% 0.033 273.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.5002, 33.4748, 46.8599)
Luminance	0.3347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#969CB2 #B2AC96

analogous

#96AAB2 #969CB2 #9E96B2

triadic

#969CB2 #B2969C #9CB296

tetradic

#969CB2 #B296AA #B2AC96 #96B29E

square

#969CB2 #B296AA #B2AC96 #96B29E

split-complementary

#969CB2 #B29E96 #AAB296

monochromatic

#575E77 #737B98 #969CB2 #B9BDCC #DDDFE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#969CB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#969CB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #969CB2

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##969CB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##969CB2	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)

#969EB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949BB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90A0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #969cb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 156, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.033 273.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5b9c9',
    500: '#969cb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #969cb2;
$custom-light: #b5b9c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#969cb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.143,
    "s": 15.385,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6952,
    "c": 0.03291,
    "h": 273.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#969CB2

secondary

#D7D5CD

accent

#894C9A

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111113

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #969CB2

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →