#9896CD#9896CD

#9896CD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.080 H 285.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9896CD
RGB	rgb(152, 150, 205)
HSL	hsl(242, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(242, 27%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 26.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.08, 12.79, -27.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.08, 30.73, 294.60°)
OKLab	oklab(69.51% 0.0218 -0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(69.51% 0.08 285.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.8719, 32.8952, 62.2579)
Luminance	0.3290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9896CD #CBCD96

analogous

#96B0CD #9896CD #B496CD

triadic

#9896CD #CD9896 #96CD98

tetradic

#9896CD #CD96B0 #CBCD96 #96CDB4

square

#9896CD #CD96B0 #CBCD96 #96CDB4

split-complementary

#9896CD #CDB496 #B0CD96

monochromatic

#4E4B9E #6F6DB9 #9896CD #C1BFE1 #E9E9F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#9896CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#9896CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9896CD

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9896CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9896CD	1.00	2.77	7.58	7.58
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#879DCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869ACC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8CA0A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9896cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 150, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.080 285.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7b4dc',
    500: '#9896cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9896cd;
$custom-light: #b7b4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9896cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.182,
    "s": 35.484,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69513,
    "c": 0.08014,
    "h": 285.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9896CD

secondary

#E7E7D8

accent

#AE37AA

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#111115

muted

#808083

Preview Lab

Preview with #9896CD

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

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