#9596AE#9596AE

#9596AE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.035 H 283.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9596AE
RGB	rgb(149, 150, 174)
HSL	hsl(238, 13%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(238, 14%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.4%, 13.8%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.72, 4.62, -12.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.72, 13.44, 290.09°)
OKLab	oklab(68.04% 0.0082 -0.0342)
OKLCH	oklch(68.04% 0.035 283.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.9391, 31.2579, 44.4396)
Luminance	0.3126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9596AE #AEAD95

analogous

#95A2AE #9596AE #A095AE

triadic

#9596AE #AE9596 #96AE95

tetradic

#9596AE #AE95A2 #AEAD95 #95AEA0

square

#9596AE #AE95A2 #AEAD95 #95AEA0

split-complementary

#9596AE #AEA095 #A2AE95

monochromatic

#575872 #727493 #9596AE #B8B8C9 #DADBE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#9596AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#9596AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9596AE

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9596AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9596AE	1.00	2.90	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9098AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F97AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#909A9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9596ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 150, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.035 283.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4b4c6',
    500: '#9596ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9596ae;
$custom-light: #b4b4c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9596ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.6,
    "s": 13.369,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68035,
    "c": 0.03514,
    "h": 283.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9596AE

secondary

#D4D3CB

accent

#954E98

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111113

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #9596AE

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

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