#979DE4#979DE4

#979DE4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.103 H 279.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979DE4
RGB	rgb(151, 157, 228)
HSL	hsl(235, 59%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(235, 34%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.8%, 31.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.74, 14.32, -36.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.74, 39.26, 291.39°)
OKLab	oklab(71.86% 0.0175 -0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(71.86% 0.103 279.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.8192, 36.2934, 78.3437)
Luminance	0.3629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979DE4 #E4DE97

analogous

#97C4E4 #979DE4 #B897E4

triadic

#979DE4 #E4979D #9DE497

tetradic

#979DE4 #E497C4 #E4DE97 #97E4B8

square

#979DE4 #E497C4 #E4DE97 #97E4B8

split-complementary

#979DE4 #E4B897 #C4E497

monochromatic

#3641CB #666FD7 #979DE4 #C8CBF1 #E7E8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#979DE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#979DE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #979DE4

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979DE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979DE4	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A5E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A0E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82AAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979de4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 157, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.103 279.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8b9ec',
    500: '#979de4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979de4;
$custom-light: #b8b9ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979de4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.325,
    "s": 58.779,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71864,
    "c": 0.10331,
    "h": 279.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979DE4

secondary

#F0EEDB

accent

#B91FC6

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #979DE4

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

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