#969EBA#969EBA

#969EBA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.042 H 272.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#969EBA
RGB	rgb(150, 158, 186)
HSL	hsl(227, 21%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(227, 19%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.4%, 15.1%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.34, 3.15, -15.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.34, 15.72, 281.55°)
OKLab	oklab(70.23% 0.002 -0.0419)
OKLCH	oklch(70.23% 0.042 272.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.6653, 34.4823, 51.3269)
Luminance	0.3448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#969EBA #BAB296

analogous

#96B0BA #969EBA #A096BA

triadic

#969EBA #BA969E #9EBA96

tetradic

#969EBA #BA96B0 #BAB296 #96BAA0

square

#969EBA #BA96B0 #BAB296 #96BAA0

split-complementary

#969EBA #BAA096 #B0BA96

monochromatic

#555F81 #717CA2 #969EBA #BBC0D2 #E0E2EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#969EBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#969EBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #969EBA

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##969EBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##969EBA	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A0BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949DB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8EA3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #969eba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 158, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.042 272.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5bace',
    500: '#969eba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #969eba;
$custom-light: #b5bace;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#969eba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.667,
    "s": 20.69,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70233,
    "c": 0.04197,
    "h": 272.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#969EBA

secondary

#DCD9D0

accent

#8B469F

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111113

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #969EBA

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

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