#979CE5#979CE5

#979CE5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.106 H 280.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979CE5
RGB	rgb(151, 156, 229)
HSL	hsl(236, 60%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(236, 34%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 31.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.53, 15.15, -37.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.53, 40.39, 292.03°)
OKLab	oklab(71.71% 0.0191 -0.1044)
OKLCH	oklch(71.71% 0.106 280.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.7899, 36.0121, 79.0208)
Luminance	0.3601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979CE5 #E5E097

analogous

#97C3E5 #979CE5 #B997E5

triadic

#979CE5 #E5979C #9CE597

tetradic

#979CE5 #E597C3 #E5E097 #97E5B9

square

#979CE5 #E597C3 #E5E097 #97E5B9

split-complementary

#979CE5 #E5B997 #C3E597

monochromatic

#353FCD #666DD9 #979CE5 #C8CBF1 #E7E8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#979CE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#979CE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #979CE5

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979CE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979CE5	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A5E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819FE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82AAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979ce5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 156, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.106 280.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8b9ed',
    500: '#979ce5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979ce5;
$custom-light: #b8b9ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979ce5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.154,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71713,
    "c": 0.1061,
    "h": 280.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979CE5

secondary

#F0EFDB

accent

#BD1EC8

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #979CE5

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

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