#9596BF#9596BF

#9596BF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.060 H 283.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9596BF
RGB	rgb(149, 150, 191)
HSL	hsl(239, 25%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(239, 22%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 21.5%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.31, 8.50, -21.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.31, 22.93, 291.75°)
OKLab	oklab(68.69% 0.0141 -0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(68.69% 0.06 283.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.7025, 31.9633, 53.7267)
Luminance	0.3196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9596BF #BFBE95

analogous

#95ABBF #9596BF #A995BF

triadic

#9596BF #BF9596 #96BF95

tetradic

#9596BF #BF95AB #BFBE95 #95BFA9

square

#9596BF #BF95AB #BFBE95 #95BFA9

split-complementary

#9596BF #BFA995 #ABBF95

monochromatic

#525388 #6F70A8 #9596BF #BBBCD6 #E1E2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#9596BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#9596BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9596BF

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9596BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9596BF	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9BC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A98BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C9DA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9596bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 150, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.060 283.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4b4d2',
    500: '#9596bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9596bf;
$custom-light: #b4b4d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9596bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.571,
    "s": 24.706,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68688,
    "c": 0.06004,
    "h": 283.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9596BF

secondary

#DFDED1

accent

#A142A3

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111114

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #9596BF

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

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