#969EE9#969EE9

#969EE9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.109 H 278.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#969EE9
RGB	rgb(150, 158, 233)
HSL	hsl(234, 65%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(234, 36%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.6%, 32.2%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.14, 14.78, -38.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.14, 41.42, 290.91°)
OKLab	oklab(72.22% 0.0164 -0.108)
OKLCH	oklch(72.22% 0.109 278.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.5083, 36.8195, 82.1002)
Luminance	0.3682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#969EE9 #E9E196

analogous

#96C7E9 #969EE9 #B896E9

triadic

#969EE9 #E9969E #9EE996

tetradic

#969EE9 #E996C7 #E9E196 #96E9B8

square

#969EE9 #E996C7 #E9E196 #96E9B8

split-complementary

#969EE9 #E9B896 #C7E996

monochromatic

#3141D4 #636FDE #969EE9 #C9CDF4 #E6E8FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#969EE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#969EE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #969EE9

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##969EE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##969EE9	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A7EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81A1E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7FACB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #969ee9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 158, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.109 278.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7baf0',
    500: '#969ee9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #969ee9;
$custom-light: #b7baf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#969ee9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.217,
    "s": 65.354,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72224,
    "c": 0.10922,
    "h": 278.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#969EE9

secondary

#F1EFDA

accent

#BC18CD

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #969EE9

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

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