#9496B2#9496B2

#9496B2 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.041 H 282.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9496B2
RGB	rgb(148, 150, 178)
HSL	hsl(236, 16%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(236, 17%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.9%, 15.7%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.78, 5.17, -14.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.78, 15.68, 289.27°)
OKLab	oklab(68.1% 0.0086 -0.0402)
OKLCH	oklch(68.1% 0.041 282)
XYZ	xyz(31.1531, 31.3225, 46.5154)
Luminance	0.3132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9496B2 #B2B094

analogous

#94A5B2 #9496B2 #A194B2

triadic

#9496B2 #B29496 #96B294

tetradic

#9496B2 #B294A5 #B2B094 #94B2A1

square

#9496B2 #B294A5 #B2B094 #94B2A1

split-complementary

#9496B2 #B2A194 #A5B294

monochromatic

#555776 #707398 #9496B2 #B8B9CC #DBDCE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#9496B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#9496B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9496B2

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9496B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9496B2	1.00	2.89	7.26	7.26
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F99B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E97B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E9B9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9496b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(148, 150, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.041 282.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3b4c9',
    500: '#9496b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9496b2;
$custom-light: #b3b4c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9496b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 148,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236,
    "s": 16.304,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68102,
    "c": 0.04112,
    "h": 282
  },
  "luminance": 0.31323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9496B2

secondary

#D6D5CC

accent

#954B9B

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111113

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #9496B2

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

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