#96A4E2#96A4E2

#96A4E2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.092 H 274.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96A4E2
RGB	rgb(150, 164, 226)
HSL	hsl(229, 57%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(229, 34%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 27.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.41, 9.55, -32.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.41, 34.24, 286.20°)
OKLab	oklab(73.11% 0.0066 -0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(73.11% 0.092 274.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.5767, 38.5245, 77.2875)
Luminance	0.3853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96A4E2 #E2D496

analogous

#96CAE2 #96A4E2 #AE96E2

triadic

#96A4E2 #E296A4 #A4E296

tetradic

#96A4E2 #E296CA #E2D496 #96E2AE

square

#96A4E2 #E296CA #E2D496 #96E2AE

split-complementary

#96A4E2 #E2AE96 #CAE296

monochromatic

#3751C7 #667AD5 #96A4E2 #C6CEEF #E7EAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#96A4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#96A4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96A4E2

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96A4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96A4E2	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91AAE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA4E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#81B0BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96a4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 164, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.092 274.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7beeb',
    500: '#96a4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96a4e2;
$custom-light: #b7beeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96a4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.947,
    "s": 56.716,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73106,
    "c": 0.09154,
    "h": 274.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96A4E2

secondary

#F0ECDB

accent

#A621C4

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #96A4E2

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

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