#9698AE#9698AE

#9698AE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.032 H 281.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9698AE
RGB	rgb(150, 152, 174)
HSL	hsl(235, 13%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(235, 14%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 12.6%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.34, 3.83, -11.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.34, 12.30, 288.13°)
OKLab	oklab(68.54% 0.0064 -0.0316)
OKLCH	oklch(68.54% 0.032 281.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.4442, 31.9962, 44.5555)
Luminance	0.3200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9698AE #AEAC96

analogous

#96A4AE #9698AE #A096AE

triadic

#9698AE #AE9698 #98AE96

tetradic

#9698AE #AE96A4 #AEAC96 #96AEA0

square

#9698AE #AE96A4 #AEAC96 #96AEA0

split-complementary

#9698AE #AEA096 #A4AE96

monochromatic

#585A72 #737693 #9698AE #B9BAC9 #DBDCE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#9698AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#9698AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9698AE

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9698AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9698AE	1.00	2.84	7.40	7.40
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939AAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9299AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#919C9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9698ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 152, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.032 281.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5b6c6',
    500: '#9698ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9698ae;
$custom-light: #b5b6c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9698ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235,
    "s": 12.903,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68535,
    "c": 0.03225,
    "h": 281.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9698AE

secondary

#D4D3CC

accent

#914E97

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111113

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #9698AE

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

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