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Indigo Bloom Vivid
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Indigo Bloom Vivid

Blue · Hue 230
Hex
#95A4EF
RGB
rgb(149, 164, 239)
HSL
hsl(230, 74%, 76%)
CMYK
cmyk(38%, 31%, 0%, 6%)
Metrics
S 74% · L 76%
Contrast (WCAG)
on white
2.4:1Fail
on black
8.8:1AA
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About this color

Indigo Bloom Vivid (#95A4EF) belongs to the blue family — hue 230°, 74% saturation, 76% lightness. Copy the hex, RGB, or HSL value above, or paste the CSS custom property below into your stylesheet to reference this color directly.

CSS
:root {
  --colorarchive-indigo-bloom-vivid: #95A4EF;
  --colorarchive-indigo-bloom-vivid-hsl: hsl(230, 74%, 76%);
  --colorarchive-indigo-bloom-vivid-rgb: rgb(149, 164, 239);
}

AI Color Names

Let AI suggest alternative poetic names for this color in English and Chinese.

Design Context

SereneTrustworthyClean
Common in

Social Media · Cloud Storage · Baby Products

Pairs well with

Light gray for tech minimalism, peach for friendly warmth

Design tip

The default choice for tech and social platforms for good reason. Light blue backgrounds reduce anxiety and increase trust.

Cultural context ▶

Light blue represents peace, sky, and openness. It's the most universally liked color, making it safe for global brands.

Color Origins

Blue family

The most-loved color on the planet, and the most overused.

Heritage

Blue is the rarest pigment in the natural world — and so, historically, the most expensive. Ultramarine, ground from lapis lazuli mined only in Afghanistan, was worth more than gold in Renaissance Europe; Vermeer's bills were enormous because of how much he used. Egyptian blue (the first synthetic pigment, ~3000 BCE) was lost for centuries and rediscovered in the 19th. Prussian blue (1704) democratized blue overnight; Yves Klein's IKB (1960) re-aristocratized it.

Across cultures

In ancient Egypt blue was the color of the Nile and the heavens — sacred, protective. In China blue-and-white porcelain (qinghua) defined export ceramics for 600 years. In Mediterranean traditions blue wards off the evil eye. In post-WWII America, blue became the corporate default ('IBM blue'); in Japan, indigo (ai) is the centuries-old workwear dye that became the ground tone of an entire textile tradition. Across the world blue is consistently rated the most-liked color — sometimes by 35% margins.

In the wild

Facebook is blue because Mark Zuckerberg is red-green colorblind. IBM's blue dates to 1947. Levi's blue is the natural color of indigo on cotton. Twitter Blue (#1DA1F2) defined social-media blue for a decade before X scrapped it. Pixar's Up famously runs on a single complementary palette built on blue. The blue checkmark, the blue link, the blue 'send' button — blue has become the default color of digital trust, to the point of being a UX cliché.

How it reads

Blue recedes — physically, the eye focuses blue light slightly behind the retina, which makes blue elements feel deep or distant. It reads as trustworthy, calm, corporate, and (at the cool end) cold. Light blues read airy and clinical; mid blues are the default for tech and finance; deep blues read as luxurious or naval. The omnipresence of blue in software is real: most enterprise UIs reach for it because it offends the fewest stakeholders, which is also the reason it can feel like the absence of a real choice.

This particular tone

An almost luminous high-key tone — at this saturation and brightness, the color borders on neon. Use sparingly; it overpowers most companions.

Lightness band: At this lightness the hue almost recedes into the surface around it — useful for backgrounds, hover states, and any surface where the color should suggest a mood without competing with content.

Saturation band: At this saturation the color is doing work. It reads as a brand statement, a sport accessory, or a UI signal. It should be used in small, deliberate doses against quieter neighbors; large fields at this saturation will exhaust the eye.

Brands using a similar color

Within the public brand-guidelines reference catalog, these are the closest matches to #95A4EF.

  • Redditsecondary
    Periwinkle · #7193FF
    →
  • PlayStationaccent
    Square Purple · #A363D9
    →
  • Googleprimary
    Google Blue · #4285F4
    →

Cultures using a similar color

From the cultural-palette catalog, these regions feature a color close to #95A4EF.

  • MoroccoChefchaouen Blue
    #7BAFD4 · Painted medina walls (Rif mountains)
    →
  • ScandinaviaAsh Grey
    #A8AAA5 · Birch and ash bark
    →
  • IcelandGlacial Cyan
    #75BBC1 · Vatnajökull ice cave light
    →

Tonal strip

All lightness levels at this hue and saturation. Click any to navigate.

Palette moves

Instead of stopping at one swatch, use nearby, opposite, and tonal neighbors to branch into a broader palette.

Lighter companion
Indigo Pearl Vivid
#B8C2F4 · hsl(230, 74%, 84%)
Darker companion
Indigo Silk Vivid
#7185EA · hsl(230, 74%, 68%)
Complementary counterpoint
Amber Bloom Vivid
#EFE095 · hsl(50, 74%, 76%)
Analogous lead
Violet Bloom Vivid
#A495EF · hsl(250, 74%, 76%)
Analogous echo
Steel Bloom Vivid
#95C9EF · hsl(205, 74%, 76%)
Triadic +120°
Merlot Bloom Vivid
#EF95A4 · hsl(350, 74%, 76%)
Triadic +240°
Leaf Bloom Vivid
#A4EF95 · hsl(110, 74%, 76%)
Split-comp +150°
Ember Bloom Vivid
#EFB395 · hsl(20, 74%, 76%)
Split-comp +210°
Olive Bloom Vivid
#D1EF95 · hsl(80, 74%, 76%)
Export preview
Base: Indigo Bloom Vivid #95A4EF
Lighter companion: Indigo Pearl Vivid #B8C2F4
Darker companion: Indigo Silk Vivid #7185EA
Complementary counterpoint: Amber Bloom Vivid #EFE095
Analogous lead: Violet Bloom Vivid #A495EF
Analogous echo: Steel Bloom Vivid #95C9EF
Triadic +120°: Merlot Bloom Vivid #EF95A4
Triadic +240°: Leaf Bloom Vivid #A4EF95
Split-comp +150°: Ember Bloom Vivid #EFB395
Split-comp +210°: Olive Bloom Vivid #D1EF95

Compare

See how Indigo Bloom Vivid compares side by side with related colors.

vsIndigo Pearl VividvsIndigo Silk VividvsAmber Bloom VividvsViolet Bloom VividvsSteel Bloom VividvsMerlot Bloom Vivid

Nearest neighbors

The closest archive matches by hue, saturation, and lightness.

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Nearby match
Indigo Bloom Bright
#8EA0F5 · hsl(230, 84%, 76%)
Nearby match
Indigo Silk Vivid
#7185EA · hsl(230, 74%, 68%)
Nearby match
Indigo Pearl Vivid
#B8C2F4 · hsl(230, 74%, 84%)
Nearby match
Indigo Bloom Pure
#899CFA · hsl(230, 92%, 76%)
Nearby match
Indigo Bloom Clear
#A1ACE3 · hsl(230, 54%, 76%)
Nearby match
Indigo Mist Vivid
#D3D9F8 · hsl(230, 74%, 90%)

Accessible pairings

Archive colors that meet WCAG contrast standards when paired with this color. Use as text-on-background or background-on-text.

Contrast checker
AAA7:1
Scarlet Ink Clear
#371410
AAA7:1
Crimson Ink Soft
#301818
AAA7.1:1
Crimson Ink Clear
#371010
AAA7.1:1
Crimson Ink Vivid
#3E0909
AAA7:1
Crimson Ink Bright
#420606
AAA7:1
Crimson Ink Pure
#450303

Color Vision Simulation

How this color appears with different color vision deficiencies.

Full simulator
Deuteranopia
#9B9ADC
Protanopia
#9C9CE0
Tritanopia
#96D3D0
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