#9E96C8#9E96C8

#9E96C8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.073 H 291.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E96C8
RGB	rgb(158, 150, 200)
HSL	hsl(250, 31%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(250, 25%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(21%, 25%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.36, 13.45, -24.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.36, 28.09, 298.60°)
OKLab	oklab(69.79% 0.027 -0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(69.79% 0.073 291.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.4298, 33.2515, 59.1840)
Luminance	0.3325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E96C8 #C0C896

analogous

#96A7C8 #9E96C8 #B796C8

triadic

#9E96C8 #C89E96 #96C89E

tetradic

#9E96C8 #C896A7 #C0C896 #96C8B7

square

#9E96C8 #C896A7 #C0C896 #96C8B7

split-complementary

#9E96C8 #C8B796 #A7C896

monochromatic

#5A4E95 #796EB3 #9E96C8 #C3BEDD #E8E6F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#9E96C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#9E96C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E96C8

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E96C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E96C8	1.00	2.74	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9DCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9BC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#959EA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e96c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 150, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.073 291.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbb4d8',
    500: '#9e96c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e96c8;
$custom-light: #bbb4d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e96c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.6,
    "s": 31.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6979,
    "c": 0.07291,
    "h": 291.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E96C8

secondary

#E2E4D5

accent

#AA3C98

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#121114

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E96C8

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

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