#9596BB#9596BB

#9596BB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.054 H 283.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9596BB
RGB	rgb(149, 150, 187)
HSL	hsl(238, 22%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(238, 20%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 19.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.17, 7.56, -19.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.17, 20.70, 291.42°)
OKLab	oklab(68.53% 0.0128 -0.0527)
OKLCH	oklch(68.53% 0.054 283.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.2683, 31.7896, 51.4400)
Luminance	0.3179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9596BB #BBBA95

analogous

#95A9BB #9596BB #A795BB

triadic

#9596BB #BB9596 #96BB95

tetradic

#9596BB #BB95A9 #BBBA95 #95BBA7

square

#9596BB #BB95A9 #BBBA95 #95BBA7

split-complementary

#9596BB #BBA795 #A9BB95

monochromatic

#535582 #7071A3 #9596BB #BABBD3 #E0E0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#9596BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#9596BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9596BB

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9596BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9596BB	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D9ABD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B98BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D9CA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9596bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 150, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.054 283.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4b4cf',
    500: '#9596bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9596bb;
$custom-light: #b4b4cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9596bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.421,
    "s": 21.839,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68528,
    "c": 0.05419,
    "h": 283.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9596BB

secondary

#DCDCD0

accent

#9E45A0

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111113

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #9596BB

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

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