#979FCD#979FCD

#979FCD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.068 H 276.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979FCD
RGB	rgb(151, 159, 205)
HSL	hsl(231, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(231, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 22.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.35, 7.38, -24.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.35, 25.54, 286.81°)
OKLab	oklab(71.26% 0.0081 -0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(71.26% 0.068 276.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.1772, 35.7824, 62.7464)
Luminance	0.3578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979FCD #CDC597

analogous

#97BACD #979FCD #AA97CD

triadic

#979FCD #CD979F #9FCD97

tetradic

#979FCD #CD97BA #CDC597 #97CDAA

square

#979FCD #CD97BA #CDC597 #97CDAA

split-complementary

#979FCD #CDAA97 #BACD97

monochromatic

#4C589E #6E79B9 #979FCD #C0C5E1 #EAEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#979FCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#979FCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #979FCD

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979FCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979FCD	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A3CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9FCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8AA7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979fcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 159, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.068 276.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6bbdc',
    500: '#979fcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979fcd;
$custom-light: #b6bbdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979fcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.111,
    "s": 35.065,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71261,
    "c": 0.06773,
    "h": 276.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979FCD

secondary

#E8E5D8

accent

#9C38AE

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#111115

muted

#808083

Preview Lab

Preview with #979FCD

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

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