#9496B6#9496B6

#9496B6 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.047 H 282.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9496B6
RGB	rgb(148, 150, 182)
HSL	hsl(236, 19%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(236, 19%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 17.6%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.92, 6.08, -16.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.92, 17.91, 289.85°)
OKLab	oklab(68.25% 0.01 -0.0459)
OKLCH	oklch(68.25% 0.047 282.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.5606, 31.4855, 48.6614)
Luminance	0.3149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9496B6 #B6B494

analogous

#94A7B6 #9496B6 #A394B6

triadic

#9496B6 #B69496 #96B694

tetradic

#9496B6 #B694A7 #B6B494 #94B6A3

square

#9496B6 #B694A7 #B6B494 #94B6A3

split-complementary

#9496B6 #B6A394 #A7B694

monochromatic

#54567B #70729D #9496B6 #B8BACF #DDDDE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#9496B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#9496B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9496B6

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9496B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9496B6	1.00	2.88	7.30	7.30
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E99B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D97B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D9BA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9496b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(148, 150, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.047 282.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3b4cc',
    500: '#9496b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9496b6;
$custom-light: #b3b4cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9496b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 148,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.471,
    "s": 18.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68254,
    "c": 0.04698,
    "h": 282.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9496B6

secondary

#D9D8CD

accent

#98489D

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111113

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #9496B6

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

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