#9596BD#9596BD

#9596BD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.057 H 283.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9596BD
RGB	rgb(149, 150, 189)
HSL	hsl(239, 23%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(239, 21%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.2%, 20.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.24, 8.03, -20.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.24, 21.82, 291.59°)
OKLab	oklab(68.61% 0.0135 -0.0555)
OKLCH	oklch(68.61% 0.057 283.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.4839, 31.8758, 52.5755)
Luminance	0.3188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9596BD #BDBC95

analogous

#95AABD #9596BD #A895BD

triadic

#9596BD #BD9596 #96BD95

tetradic

#9596BD #BD95AA #BDBC95 #95BDA8

square

#9596BD #BD95AA #BDBC95 #95BDA8

split-complementary

#9596BD #BDA895 #AABD95

monochromatic

#535485 #6F71A6 #9596BD #BBBBD4 #E0E1EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#9596BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#9596BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9596BD

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9596BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9596BD	1.00	2.85	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9ABF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B98BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C9DA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9596bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 150, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.057 283.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4b4d1',
    500: '#9596bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9596bd;
$custom-light: #b4b4d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9596bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.5,
    "s": 23.256,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68608,
    "c": 0.05712,
    "h": 283.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9596BD

secondary

#DDDDD0

accent

#9F44A2

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111114

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #9596BD

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

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