#9596BE#9596BE

#9596BE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.059 H 283.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9596BE
RGB	rgb(149, 150, 190)
HSL	hsl(239, 24%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(239, 22%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.6%, 21.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.28, 8.26, -20.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.28, 22.37, 291.67°)
OKLab	oklab(68.65% 0.0138 -0.0569)
OKLCH	oklch(68.65% 0.059 283.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.5928, 31.9194, 53.1491)
Luminance	0.3192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9596BE #BEBD95

analogous

#95ABBE #9596BE #A995BE

triadic

#9596BE #BE9596 #96BE95

tetradic

#9596BE #BE95AB #BEBD95 #95BEA9

square

#9596BE #BE95AB #BEBD95 #95BEA9

split-complementary

#9596BE #BEA995 #ABBE95

monochromatic

#525486 #6F70A7 #9596BE #BBBCD5 #E1E1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#9596BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#9596BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9596BE

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9596BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9596BE	1.00	2.84	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.84	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)

#8C9AC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A98BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C9DA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9596be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 150, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.059 283.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9596be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.537,
    "s": 23.977,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68648,
    "c": 0.05858,
    "h": 283.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9596BE

secondary

#DEDED1

accent

#A043A2

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111114

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #9596BE

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

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