#96A4BE#96A4BE

#96A4BE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.041 H 262.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96A4BE
RGB	rgb(150, 164, 190)
HSL	hsl(219, 24%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(219, 21%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 13.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.09, 0.73, -15.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.09, 15.02, 272.78°)
OKLab	oklab(71.65% -0.0051 -0.0408)
OKLCH	oklch(71.65% 0.041 262.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.1450, 36.7518, 53.9474)
Luminance	0.3675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96A4BE #BEB096

analogous

#96B8BE #96A4BE #9C96BE

triadic

#96A4BE #BE96A4 #A4BE96

tetradic

#96A4BE #BE96B8 #BEB096 #96BE9C

square

#96A4BE #BE96B8 #BEB096 #96BE9C

split-complementary

#96A4BE #BE9C96 #B8BE96

monochromatic

#536586 #7083A7 #96A4BE #BCC5D5 #E2E6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#96A4BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#96A4BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96A4BE

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96A4BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96A4BE	1.00	2.51	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA5BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A2BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8CA9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96a4be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 164, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.041 262.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5bed1',
    500: '#96a4be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96a4be;
$custom-light: #b5bed1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96a4be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219,
    "s": 23.529,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71645,
    "c": 0.04115,
    "h": 262.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96A4BE

secondary

#DEDAD1

accent

#8144A2

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111214

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #96A4BE

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

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