#969CD4#969CD4

#969CD4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.082 H 279.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#969CD4
RGB	rgb(150, 156, 212)
HSL	hsl(234, 42%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(234, 29%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.2%, 26.4%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.76, 10.51, -29.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.76, 31.08, 289.77°)
OKLab	oklab(70.87% 0.0133 -0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(70.87% 0.082 279.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.3466, 35.0134, 67.1178)
Luminance	0.3501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#969CD4 #D4CE96

analogous

#96BBD4 #969CD4 #AF96D4

triadic

#969CD4 #D4969C #9CD496

tetradic

#969CD4 #D496BB #D4CE96 #96D4AF

square

#969CD4 #D496BB #D4CE96 #96D4AF

split-complementary

#969CD4 #D4AF96 #BBD496

monochromatic

#464FAA #6B73C2 #969CD4 #C1C5E6 #E9EBF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#969CD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#969CD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #969CD4

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##969CD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##969CD4	1.00	2.62	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA2D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889ED3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86A6AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #969cd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 156, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.082 279.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6b9e1',
    500: '#969cd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #969cd4;
$custom-light: #b6b9e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#969cd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.194,
    "s": 41.892,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70869,
    "c": 0.08199,
    "h": 279.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#969CD4

secondary

#EBEADB

accent

#A831B5

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#111115

muted

#808083

Preview Lab

Preview with #969CD4

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

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