#9596BC#9596BC

#9596BC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.056 H 283.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9596BC
RGB	rgb(149, 150, 188)
HSL	hsl(238, 23%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(238, 21%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 20.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.20, 7.79, -19.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.20, 21.26, 291.51°)
OKLab	oklab(68.57% 0.0131 -0.0541)
OKLCH	oklch(68.57% 0.056 283.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.3757, 31.8326, 52.0058)
Luminance	0.3183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9596BC #BCBB95

analogous

#95A9BC #9596BC #A795BC

triadic

#9596BC #BC9596 #96BC95

tetradic

#9596BC #BC95A9 #BCBB95 #95BCA7

square

#9596BC #BC95A9 #BCBB95 #95BCA7

split-complementary

#9596BC #BCA795 #A9BC95

monochromatic

#535483 #7071A4 #9596BC #BABBD4 #E0E0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#9596BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#9596BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9596BC

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9596BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9596BC	1.00	2.85	7.37	7.37
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9ABE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B98BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C9CA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9596bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 150, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.056 283.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4b4d0',
    500: '#9596bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9596bc;
$custom-light: #b4b4d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9596bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.462,
    "s": 22.543,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68568,
    "c": 0.05566,
    "h": 283.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9596BC

secondary

#DDDCD0

accent

#9F45A1

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111114

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #9596BC

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

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