#9596AB#9596AB

#9596AB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.031 H 283.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9596AB
RGB	rgb(149, 150, 171)
HSL	hsl(237, 12%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(237, 13%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 12.3%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.63, 3.96, -11.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.63, 11.76, 289.68°)
OKLab	oklab(67.93% 0.0071 -0.0299)
OKLCH	oklch(67.93% 0.031 283.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.6499, 31.1422, 42.9165)
Luminance	0.3114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9596AB #ABAA95

analogous

#95A1AB #9596AB #9F95AB

triadic

#9596AB #AB9596 #96AB95

tetradic

#9596AB #AB95A1 #ABAA95 #95AB9F

square

#9596AB #AB95A1 #ABAA95 #95AB9F

split-complementary

#9596AB #AB9F95 #A1AB95

monochromatic

#57586E #737490 #9596AB #B7B8C6 #D9DAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#9596AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#9596AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9596AB

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9596AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9596AB	1.00	2.91	7.23	7.23
#FFFFFF	2.91	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)

#9198AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9097AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91999D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9596ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 150, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.031 283.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4b4c4',
    500: '#9596ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9596ab;
$custom-light: #b4b4c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9596ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.273,
    "s": 11.579,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67927,
    "c": 0.03075,
    "h": 283.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9596AB

secondary

#D2D2CA

accent

#925096

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111112

muted

#808081

Preview Lab

Preview with #9596AB

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

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