#9496AE#9496AE

#9496AE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.035 H 281.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9496AE
RGB	rgb(148, 150, 174)
HSL	hsl(235, 14%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(235, 15%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 13.8%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.65, 4.28, -12.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.65, 13.45, 288.57°)
OKLab	oklab(67.95% 0.0071 -0.0345)
OKLCH	oklch(67.95% 0.035 281.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.7574, 31.1642, 44.4311)
Luminance	0.3116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9496AE #AEAC94

analogous

#94A3AE #9496AE #9F94AE

triadic

#9496AE #AE9496 #96AE94

tetradic

#9496AE #AE94A3 #AEAC94 #94AE9F

square

#9496AE #AE94A3 #AEAC94 #94AE9F

split-complementary

#9496AE #AE9F94 #A3AE94

monochromatic

#565872 #717494 #9496AE #B7B8C8 #DADAE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#9496AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#9496AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9496AE

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9496AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9496AE	1.00	2.90	7.23	7.23
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9098AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F97AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F9A9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9496ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(148, 150, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.035 281.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3b4c6',
    500: '#9496ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9496ae;
$custom-light: #b3b4c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9496ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 148,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.385,
    "s": 13.83,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67954,
    "c": 0.03526,
    "h": 281.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9496AE

secondary

#D4D3CA

accent

#924E98

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111113

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #9496AE

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

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