#9696AE#9696AE

#9696AE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.035 H 285.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9696AE
RGB	rgb(150, 150, 174)
HSL	hsl(240, 13%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(240, 14%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 13.8%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.80, 4.95, -12.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.80, 13.44, 291.63°)
OKLab	oklab(68.12% 0.0093 -0.0338)
OKLCH	oklch(68.12% 0.035 285.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.1224, 31.3524, 44.4482)
Luminance	0.3135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9696AE #AEAE96

analogous

#96A2AE #9696AE #A296AE

triadic

#9696AE #AE9696 #96AE96

tetradic

#9696AE #AE96A2 #AEAE96 #96AEA2

square

#9696AE #AE96A2 #AEAE96 #96AEA2

split-complementary

#9696AE #AEA296 #A2AE96

monochromatic

#585872 #737393 #9696AE #B9B9C9 #DBDBE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#9696AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#9696AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9696AE

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9696AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9696AE	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9099AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9097AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#919A9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9696ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 150, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.035 285.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5b4c6',
    500: '#9696ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9696ae;
$custom-light: #b5b4c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9696ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 12.903,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68117,
    "c": 0.03507,
    "h": 285.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9696AE

secondary

#D4D4CC

accent

#974E97

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111113

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #9696AE

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

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