#969CB8#969CB8

#969CB8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.042 H 275.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#969CB8
RGB	rgb(150, 156, 184)
HSL	hsl(229, 19%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(229, 18%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.5%, 15.2%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.74, 3.81, -15.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.74, 15.67, 284.08°)
OKLab	oklab(69.74% 0.0042 -0.0413)
OKLCH	oklch(69.74% 0.042 275.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.1158, 33.7211, 50.1022)
Luminance	0.3372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#969CB8 #B8B296

analogous

#96ADB8 #969CB8 #A196B8

triadic

#969CB8 #B8969C #9CB896

tetradic

#969CB8 #B896AD #B8B296 #96B8A1

square

#969CB8 #B896AD #B8B296 #96B8A1

split-complementary

#969CB8 #B8A196 #ADB896

monochromatic

#555D7E #717A9F #969CB8 #BBBED1 #DFE1E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#969CB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#969CB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #969CB8

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##969CB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##969CB8	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949EB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929CB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8EA1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #969cb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 156, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.042 275.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5b9cd',
    500: '#969cb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #969cb8;
$custom-light: #b5b9cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#969cb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.412,
    "s": 19.318,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69739,
    "c": 0.04154,
    "h": 275.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#969CB8

secondary

#DBD9CF

accent

#8F489E

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111113

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #969CB8

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

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