#969CE8#969CE8

#969CE8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.111 H 279.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#969CE8
RGB	rgb(150, 156, 232)
HSL	hsl(236, 64%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(236, 35%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.3%, 32.8%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.59, 15.66, -39.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.59, 42.03, 291.88°)
OKLab	oklab(71.78% 0.0187 -0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(71.78% 0.111 279.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.0275, 36.0858, 81.2372)
Luminance	0.3609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#969CE8 #E8E296

analogous

#96C5E8 #969CE8 #B996E8

triadic

#969CE8 #E8969C #9CE896

tetradic

#969CE8 #E896C5 #E8E296 #96E8B9

square

#969CE8 #E896C5 #E8E296 #96E8B9

split-complementary

#969CE8 #E8B996 #C5E896

monochromatic

#323DD2 #646DDD #969CE8 #C8CBF3 #E6E7FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#969CE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#969CE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #969CE8

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##969CE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##969CE8	1.00	2.56	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84A5EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809FE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7FABB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #969ce8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 156, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.111 279.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7b9ef',
    500: '#969ce8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #969ce8;
$custom-light: #b7b9ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#969ce8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.61,
    "s": 64.062,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7178,
    "c": 0.11051,
    "h": 279.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#969CE8

secondary

#F1EFDA

accent

#BF1ACC

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #969CE8

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

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