#9596CE#9596CE

#9596CE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.082 H 283.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9596CE
RGB	rgb(149, 150, 206)
HSL	hsl(239, 37%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(239, 28%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.7%, 27.2%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.88, 12.13, -28.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.88, 31.26, 292.84°)
OKLab	oklab(69.32% 0.0188 -0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(69.32% 0.082 283.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.4385, 32.6577, 62.8697)
Luminance	0.3266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9596CE #CECD95

analogous

#95B3CE #9596CE #B195CE

triadic

#9596CE #CE9596 #96CE95

tetradic

#9596CE #CE95B3 #CECD95 #95CEB1

square

#9596CE #CE95B3 #CECD95 #95CEB1

split-complementary

#9596CE #CEB195 #B3CE95

monochromatic

#4A4B9F #6B6DBB #9596CE #BFBFE1 #E9E9F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#9596CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#9596CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9596CE

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9596CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9596CE	1.00	2.79	7.53	7.53
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#879DD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8499CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87A0AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9596ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 150, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.082 283.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5b4dd',
    500: '#9596ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9596ce;
$custom-light: #b5b4dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9596ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.947,
    "s": 36.774,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69319,
    "c": 0.08184,
    "h": 283.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9596CE

secondary

#E8E7D7

accent

#AE36B0

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#111115

muted

#808083

Preview Lab

Preview with #9596CE

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

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