#9696B2#9696B2

#9696B2 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.041 H 285.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9696B2
RGB	rgb(150, 150, 178)
HSL	hsl(240, 15%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(240, 16%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.7%, 15.7%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.94, 5.84, -14.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.94, 15.68, 291.86°)
OKLab	oklab(68.26% 0.0108 -0.0395)
OKLCH	oklch(68.26% 0.041 285.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.5181, 31.5107, 46.5325)
Luminance	0.3151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9696B2 #B2B296

analogous

#96A4B2 #9696B2 #A496B2

triadic

#9696B2 #B29696 #96B296

tetradic

#9696B2 #B296A4 #B2B296 #96B2A4

square

#9696B2 #B296A4 #B2B296 #96B2A4

split-complementary

#9696B2 #B2A496 #A4B296

monochromatic

#575777 #737398 #9696B2 #B9B9CC #DDDDE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#9696B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#9696B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9696B2

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9696B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9696B2	1.00	2.88	7.30	7.30
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F99B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F97B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#909B9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9696b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 150, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.041 285.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5b4c9',
    500: '#9696b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9696b2;
$custom-light: #b5b4c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9696b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 15.385,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68264,
    "c": 0.04093,
    "h": 285.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9696B2

secondary

#D7D7CD

accent

#9A4C9A

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111113

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #9696B2

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

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