#96A0AE#96A0AE

#96A0AE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.023 H 256.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96A0AE
RGB	rgb(150, 160, 174)
HSL	hsl(215, 13%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(215, 14%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 8%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.50, -0.63, -8.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.50, 8.49, 265.75°)
OKLab	oklab(70.23% -0.0054 -0.0228)
OKLCH	oklch(70.23% 0.023 256.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.7867, 34.6811, 45.0029)
Luminance	0.3468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96A0AE #AEA496

analogous

#96ACAE #96A0AE #9896AE

triadic

#96A0AE #AE96A0 #A0AE96

tetradic

#96A0AE #AE96AC #AEA496 #96AE98

square

#96A0AE #AE96AC #AEA496 #96AE98

split-complementary

#96A0AE #AE9896 #ACAE96

monochromatic

#586372 #738193 #96A0AE #B9BFC9 #DBDFE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#96A0AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#96A0AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96A0AE

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96A0AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96A0AE	1.00	2.65	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA0AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999EAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90A3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96a0ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 160, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.023 256.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5bcc6',
    500: '#96a0ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96a0ae;
$custom-light: #b5bcc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96a0ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215,
    "s": 12.903,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70228,
    "c": 0.02344,
    "h": 256.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96A0AE

secondary

#D4D1CC

accent

#794E97

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111213

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #96A0AE

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

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