#969CED#969CED

#969CED is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.118 H 279.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#969CED
RGB	rgb(150, 156, 237)
HSL	hsl(236, 71%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(236, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.7%, 34.2%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.80, 16.99, -41.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.80, 44.76, 292.31°)
OKLab	oklab(72.02% 0.0199 -0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(72.02% 0.118 279.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.7478, 36.3739, 85.0309)
Luminance	0.3638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#969CED #EDE796

analogous

#96C7ED #969CED #BB96ED

triadic

#969CED #ED969C #9CED96

tetradic

#969CED #ED96C7 #EDE796 #96EDBB

square

#969CED #ED96C7 #EDE796 #96EDBB

split-complementary

#969CED #EDBB96 #C7ED96

monochromatic

#2E39DB #626BE4 #969CED #CACDF6 #E5E6FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#969CED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#969CED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #969CED

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##969CED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##969CED	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82A6F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7DA0EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7DACBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #969ced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 156, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.118 279.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7b9f3',
    500: '#969ced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #969ced;
$custom-light: #b7b9f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#969ced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.862,
    "s": 70.732,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72021,
    "c": 0.11756,
    "h": 279.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#969CED

secondary

#F2F0D9

accent

#C613D3

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121117

muted

#818085

Preview Lab

Preview with #969CED

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

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