#96A5BC#96A5BC

#96A5BC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.038 H 258.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96A5BC
RGB	rgb(150, 165, 188)
HSL	hsl(216, 22%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(216, 20%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 12.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.30, -0.28, -13.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.30, 13.58, 268.81°)
OKLab	oklab(71.79% -0.0073 -0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(71.79% 0.038 258.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.1076, 37.0243, 52.8639)
Luminance	0.3703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96A5BC #BCAD96

analogous

#96B8BC #96A5BC #9A96BC

triadic

#96A5BC #BC96A5 #A5BC96

tetradic

#96A5BC #BC96B8 #BCAD96 #96BC9A

square

#96A5BC #BC96B8 #BCAD96 #96BC9A

split-complementary

#96A5BC #BC9A96 #B8BC96

monochromatic

#546784 #7185A4 #96A5BC #BBC5D4 #E1E5EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#96A5BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#96A5BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96A5BC

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96A5BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96A5BC	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA6BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA2BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8CAAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96a5bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 165, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.038 258.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5bfd0',
    500: '#96a5bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96a5bc;
$custom-light: #b5bfd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96a5bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.316,
    "s": 22.093,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71785,
    "c": 0.03762,
    "h": 258.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96A5BC

secondary

#DDD8D1

accent

#7C45A1

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111214

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #96A5BC

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

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