#969FBB#969FBB

#969FBB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.042 H 271.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#969FBB
RGB	rgb(150, 159, 187)
HSL	hsl(225, 21%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(225, 20%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 15%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.65, 2.82, -15.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.65, 15.76, 280.30°)
OKLab	oklab(70.48% 0.0009 -0.0422)
OKLCH	oklch(70.48% 0.042 271.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.9432, 34.8675, 51.9458)
Luminance	0.3487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#969FBB #BBB296

analogous

#96B1BB #969FBB #9F96BB

triadic

#969FBB #BB969F #9FBB96

tetradic

#969FBB #BB96B1 #BBB296 #96BB9F

square

#969FBB #BB96B1 #BBB296 #96BB9F

split-complementary

#969FBB #BB9F96 #B1BB96

monochromatic

#546082 #717DA3 #969FBB #BBC1D3 #E0E3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#969FBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#969FBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #969FBB

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##969FBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##969FBB	1.00	2.63	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A1BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949EBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8DA4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #969fbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 159, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.042 271.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5bbcf',
    500: '#969fbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #969fbb;
$custom-light: #b5bbcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#969fbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.405,
    "s": 21.387,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7048,
    "c": 0.04222,
    "h": 271.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#969FBB

secondary

#DCDAD0

accent

#8A46A0

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111113

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #969FBB

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

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