#979AAA#979AAA

#979AAA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.024 H 277.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979AAA
RGB	rgb(151, 154, 170)
HSL	hsl(231, 10%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(231, 11%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.2%, 9.4%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.83, 2.19, -8.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.83, 8.97, 284.11°)
OKLab	oklab(68.9% 0.003 -0.0234)
OKLCH	oklch(68.9% 0.024 277.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.5723, 32.5925, 42.6500)
Luminance	0.3259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#979AAA #AAA797

analogous

#97A3AA #979AAA #9D97AA

triadic

#979AAA #AA979A #9AAA97

tetradic

#979AAA #AA97A3 #AAA797 #97AA9D

square

#979AAA #AA97A3 #AAA797 #97AA9D

split-complementary

#979AAA #AA9D97 #A3AA97

monochromatic

#595C6D #75798E #979AAA #B9BBC6 #DADBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#979AAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#979AAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #979AAA

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979AAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979AAA	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969BAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959AAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#939D9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979aaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 154, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.024 277.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5b7c3',
    500: '#979aaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979aaa;
$custom-light: #b5b7c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979aaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.526,
    "s": 10.053,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68896,
    "c": 0.02361,
    "h": 277.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979AAA

secondary

#D2D1CB

accent

#8A5194

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111112

muted

#808081

Preview Lab

Preview with #979AAA

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

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