#9496B4#9496B4

#9496B4 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.044 H 282.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9496B4
RGB	rgb(148, 150, 180)
HSL	hsl(236, 18%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(236, 18%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.8%, 16.7%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.85, 5.63, -15.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.85, 16.80, 289.57°)
OKLab	oklab(68.18% 0.0093 -0.0431)
OKLCH	oklch(68.18% 0.044 282.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.3554, 31.4034, 47.5807)
Luminance	0.3140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9496B4 #B4B294

analogous

#94A6B4 #9496B4 #A294B4

triadic

#9496B4 #B49496 #96B494

tetradic

#9496B4 #B494A6 #B4B294 #94B4A2

square

#9496B4 #B494A6 #B4B294 #94B4A2

split-complementary

#9496B4 #B4A294 #A6B494

monochromatic

#555779 #70739B #9496B4 #B8B9CD #DCDDE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#9496B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#9496B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9496B4

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9496B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9496B4	1.00	2.88	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F99B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D97B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D9BA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9496b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(148, 150, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.044 282.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3b4ca',
    500: '#9496b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9496b4;
$custom-light: #b3b4ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9496b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 148,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.25,
    "s": 17.582,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68177,
    "c": 0.04405,
    "h": 282.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9496B4

secondary

#D7D7CC

accent

#974A9C

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111113

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #9496B4

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

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