#969EAE#969EAE

#969EAE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.025 H 264.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#969EAE
RGB	rgb(150, 158, 174)
HSL	hsl(220, 13%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(220, 14%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 9.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.96, 0.48, -9.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.96, 9.28, 272.96°)
OKLab	oklab(69.8% -0.0024 -0.025)
OKLCH	oklch(69.8% 0.025 264.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.4428, 33.9933, 44.8883)
Luminance	0.3399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#969EAE #AEA696

analogous

#96AAAE #969EAE #9A96AE

triadic

#969EAE #AE969E #9EAE96

tetradic

#969EAE #AE96AA #AEA696 #96AE9A

square

#969EAE #AE96AA #AEA696 #96AE9A

split-complementary

#969EAE #AE9A96 #AAAE96

monochromatic

#586072 #737E93 #969EAE #B9BEC9 #DBDEE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#969EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#969EAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #969EAE

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##969EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##969EAE	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999FAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979DAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90A1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #969eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 158, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.025 264.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5bac6',
    500: '#969eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #969eae;
$custom-light: #b5bac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#969eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 12.903,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69803,
    "c": 0.02514,
    "h": 264.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#969EAE

secondary

#D4D1CC

accent

#7F4E97

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111113

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #969EAE

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

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