#9596C8#9596C8

#9596C8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.073 H 283.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9596C8
RGB	rgb(149, 150, 200)
HSL	hsl(239, 32%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(239, 26%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.5%, 25%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.65, 10.66, -25.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.65, 27.94, 292.43°)
OKLab	oklab(69.06% 0.017 -0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(69.06% 0.073 283.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.7235, 32.3717, 59.1040)
Luminance	0.3237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9596C8 #C8C795

analogous

#95AFC8 #9596C8 #AD95C8

triadic

#9596C8 #C89596 #96C895

tetradic

#9596C8 #C895AF #C8C795 #95C8AD

square

#9596C8 #C895AF #C8C795 #95C8AD

split-complementary

#9596C8 #C8AD95 #AFC895

monochromatic

#4D4F95 #6D6EB3 #9596C8 #BDBEDD #E6E6F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#9596C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#9596C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9596C8

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9596C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9596C8	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#899CCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8799C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#899FA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9596c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 150, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.073 283.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5b4d8',
    500: '#9596c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9596c8;
$custom-light: #b5b4d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9596c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.824,
    "s": 31.677,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6906,
    "c": 0.07315,
    "h": 283.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9596C8

secondary

#E4E4D5

accent

#A83BAA

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#111114

muted

#808083

Preview Lab

Preview with #9596C8

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

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