#979DCF#979DCF

#979DCF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.073 H 279.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979DCF
RGB	rgb(151, 157, 207)
HSL	hsl(234, 37%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(234, 27%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.1%, 24.2%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.90, 9.00, -26.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.90, 27.75, 288.93°)
OKLab	oklab(70.94% 0.0115 -0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(70.94% 0.073 279)
XYZ	xyz(36.0790, 35.1973, 63.9123)
Luminance	0.3520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979DCF #CFC997

analogous

#97B9CF #979DCF #AD97CF

triadic

#979DCF #CF979D #9DCF97

tetradic

#979DCF #CF97B9 #CFC997 #97CFAD

square

#979DCF #CF97B9 #CFC997 #97CFAD

split-complementary

#979DCF #CFAD97 #B9CF97

monochromatic

#4A54A1 #6D76BC #979DCF #C1C4E2 #EAEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#979DCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#979DCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #979DCF

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979DCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979DCF	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA2D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9ECE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#89A6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979dcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 157, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.073 279.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6b9dd',
    500: '#979dcf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979dcf;
$custom-light: #b6b9dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979dcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.571,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70935,
    "c": 0.07326,
    "h": 279
  },
  "luminance": 0.35198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979DCF

secondary

#E9E7D9

accent

#A336B0

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#111115

muted

#808083

Preview Lab

Preview with #979DCF

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

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