#969CB4#969CB4

#969CB4 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.036 H 274.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#969CB4
RGB	rgb(150, 156, 180)
HSL	hsl(228, 17%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(228, 17%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 13.3%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.61, 2.91, -13.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.61, 13.47, 282.48°)
OKLab	oklab(69.59% 0.0027 -0.0357)
OKLCH	oklch(69.59% 0.036 274.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.7024, 33.5557, 47.9251)
Luminance	0.3356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#969CB4 #B4AE96

analogous

#96ABB4 #969CB4 #9F96B4

triadic

#969CB4 #B4969C #9CB496

tetradic

#969CB4 #B496AB #B4AE96 #96B49F

square

#969CB4 #B496AB #B4AE96 #96B49F

split-complementary

#969CB4 #B49F96 #ABB496

monochromatic

#565D79 #727A9B #969CB4 #BABECE #DDDFE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#969CB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#969CB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #969CB4

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##969CB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##969CB4	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969EB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949CB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FA0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #969cb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 156, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.036 274.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5b9ca',
    500: '#969cb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #969cb4;
$custom-light: #b5b9ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#969cb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69592,
    "c": 0.03578,
    "h": 274.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#969CB4

secondary

#D8D6CE

accent

#8B4B9B

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111113

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #969CB4

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

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