#969EB6#969EB6

#969EB6 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.036 H 270.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#969EB6
RGB	rgb(150, 158, 182)
HSL	hsl(225, 18%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(225, 18%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 13.2%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.21, 2.24, -13.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.21, 13.56, 279.52°)
OKLab	oklab(70.09% 0.0005 -0.0363)
OKLCH	oklch(70.09% 0.036 270.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.2460, 34.3146, 49.1187)
Luminance	0.3432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#969EB6 #B6AE96

analogous

#96AEB6 #969EB6 #9E96B6

triadic

#969EB6 #B6969E #9EB696

tetradic

#969EB6 #B696AE #B6AE96 #96B69E

square

#969EB6 #B696AE #B6AE96 #96B69E

split-complementary

#969EB6 #B69E96 #AEB696

monochromatic

#565F7C #727D9D #969EB6 #BABFCF #DEE1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#969EB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#969EB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #969EB6

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##969EB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##969EB6	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A0B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959DB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FA2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #969eb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 158, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.036 270.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5bacb',
    500: '#969eb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #969eb6;
$custom-light: #b5bacb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#969eb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 17.978,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70086,
    "c": 0.03628,
    "h": 270.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#969EB6

secondary

#D9D7CE

accent

#88499C

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111113

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #969EB6

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

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