#969EDE#969EDE

#969EDE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.094 H 278.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#969EDE
RGB	rgb(150, 158, 222)
HSL	hsl(233, 52%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(233, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.4%, 28.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.68, 11.92, -33.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.68, 35.42, 289.66°)
OKLab	oklab(71.71% 0.0135 -0.0926)
OKLCH	oklch(71.71% 0.094 278.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.9857, 36.2104, 74.0810)
Luminance	0.3621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#969EDE #DED696

analogous

#96C2DE #969EDE #B296DE

triadic

#969EDE #DE969E #9EDE96

tetradic

#969EDE #DE96C2 #DED696 #96DEB2

square

#969EDE #DE96C2 #DED696 #96DEB2

split-complementary

#969EDE #DEB296 #C2DE96

monochromatic

#3C4ABE #6773CF #969EDE #C5C9ED #E8E9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#969EDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#969EDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #969EDE

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##969EDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##969EDE	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA5E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A0DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83AAB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #969ede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 158, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.094 278.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6bae8',
    500: '#969ede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #969ede;
$custom-light: #b6bae8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#969ede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.333,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71715,
    "c": 0.09361,
    "h": 278.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#969EDE

secondary

#EFEDDC

accent

#AF26C0

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #969EDE

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

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