#9496AC#9496AC

#9496AC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.032 H 281.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9496AC
RGB	rgb(148, 150, 172)
HSL	hsl(235, 13%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(235, 14%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 12.8%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.58, 3.84, -11.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.58, 12.33, 288.15°)
OKLab	oklab(67.88% 0.0064 -0.0317)
OKLCH	oklch(67.88% 0.032 281.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.5638, 31.0868, 43.4118)
Luminance	0.3109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9496AC #ACAA94

analogous

#94A2AC #9496AC #9E94AC

triadic

#9496AC #AC9496 #96AC94

tetradic

#9496AC #AC94A2 #ACAA94 #94AC9E

square

#9496AC #AC94A2 #ACAA94 #94AC9E

split-complementary

#9496AC #AC9E94 #A2AC94

monochromatic

#56586F #727491 #9496AC #B6B8C7 #D9DAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#9496AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#9496AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9496AC

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9496AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9496AC	1.00	2.91	7.22	7.22
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9198AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9097AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F9A9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9496ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(148, 150, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.032 281.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3b4c4',
    500: '#9496ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9496ac;
$custom-light: #b3b4c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9496ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 148,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235,
    "s": 12.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67882,
    "c": 0.03233,
    "h": 281.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9496AC

secondary

#D2D2CA

accent

#914F97

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111112

muted

#808081

Preview Lab

Preview with #9496AC

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

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