#96A2CD#96A2CD

#96A2CD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.064 H 272.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96A2CD
RGB	rgb(150, 162, 205)
HSL	hsl(227, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(227, 27%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.8%, 21%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.08, 5.40, -23.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.08, 23.96, 283.02°)
OKLab	oklab(71.81% 0.0029 -0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(71.81% 0.064 272.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.5145, 36.7314, 62.9118)
Luminance	0.3673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96A2CD #CDC196

analogous

#96BECD #96A2CD #A696CD

triadic

#96A2CD #CD96A2 #A2CD96

tetradic

#96A2CD #CD96BE #CDC196 #96CDA6

square

#96A2CD #CD96BE #CDC196 #96CDA6

split-complementary

#96A2CD #CDA696 #BECD96

monochromatic

#4B5D9E #6D7DB9 #96A2CD #BFC7E1 #E9EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#96A2CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#96A2CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96A2CD

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96A2CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96A2CD	1.00	2.52	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.52	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)

#95A6CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A1CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88AAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96a2cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 162, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.064 272.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6bddc',
    500: '#96a2cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96a2cd;
$custom-light: #b6bddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96a2cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.909,
    "s": 35.484,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71806,
    "c": 0.06424,
    "h": 272.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96A2CD

secondary

#E7E4D8

accent

#9437AE

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#111215

muted

#808183

Preview Lab

Preview with #96A2CD

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

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