#9596E2#9596E2

#9596E2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.110 H 282.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9596E2
RGB	rgb(149, 150, 226)
HSL	hsl(239, 57%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(239, 34%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 33.6%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.72, 17.24, -38.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.72, 42.30, 294.06°)
OKLab	oklab(70.24% 0.0241 -0.1078)
OKLCH	oklch(70.24% 0.11 282.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.0245, 33.6921, 76.4892)
Luminance	0.3369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9596E2 #E2E195

analogous

#95BCE2 #9596E2 #BA95E2

triadic

#9596E2 #E29596 #96E295

tetradic

#9596E2 #E295BC #E2E195 #95E2BA

square

#9596E2 #E295BC #E2E195 #95E2BA

split-complementary

#9596E2 #E2BA95 #BCE295

monochromatic

#3638C6 #6566D5 #9596E2 #C5C6EF #E7E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#9596E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#9596E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9596E2

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9596E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9596E2	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7FA0E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B9AE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#81A4B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9596e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 150, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.110 282.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6b4eb',
    500: '#9596e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9596e2;
$custom-light: #b6b4eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9596e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 239.221,
    "s": 57.037,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70238,
    "c": 0.11048,
    "h": 282.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9596E2

secondary

#F0EFDB

accent

#C221C5

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #9596E2

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

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