#9896AA#9896AA

#9896AA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.029 H 290.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9896AA
RGB	rgb(152, 150, 170)
HSL	hsl(246, 11%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(246, 12%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 11.8%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.84, 4.77, -10.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.84, 11.24, 295.12°)
OKLab	oklab(68.14% 0.0101 -0.0274)
OKLCH	oklch(68.14% 0.029 290.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.1095, 31.3902, 42.4424)
Luminance	0.3139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9896AA #A8AA96

analogous

#969EAA #9896AA #A296AA

triadic

#9896AA #AA9896 #96AA98

tetradic

#9896AA #AA969E #A8AA96 #96AAA2

square

#9896AA #AA969E #A8AA96 #96AAA2

split-complementary

#9896AA #AAA296 #9EAA96

monochromatic

#5A586D #77748F #9896AA #B9B8C5 #DADAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#9896AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#9896AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9896AA

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9896AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9896AA	1.00	2.89	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9298AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9298A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95999C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9896aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 150, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.029 290.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6b4c3',
    500: '#9896aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9896aa;
$custom-light: #b6b4c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9896aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246,
    "s": 10.526,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68138,
    "c": 0.0292,
    "h": 290.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9896AA

secondary

#D1D2CA

accent

#95518E

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111112

muted

#808081

Preview Lab

Preview with #9896AA

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

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