#96A4E4#96A4E4

#96A4E4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.094 H 274.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96A4E4
RGB	rgb(150, 164, 228)
HSL	hsl(229, 59%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(229, 34%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.2%, 28.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.49, 10.07, -33.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.49, 35.32, 286.57°)
OKLab	oklab(73.19% 0.0072 -0.0941)
OKLCH	oklch(73.19% 0.094 274.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.8527, 38.6349, 78.7412)
Luminance	0.3864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96A4E4 #E4D696

analogous

#96CBE4 #96A4E4 #AF96E4

triadic

#96A4E4 #E496A4 #A4E496

tetradic

#96A4E4 #E496CB #E4D696 #96E4AF

square

#96A4E4 #E496CB #E4D696 #96E4AF

split-complementary

#96A4E4 #E4AF96 #CBE496

monochromatic

#3550CB #657AD7 #96A4E4 #C7CEF1 #E7EAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#96A4E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#96A4E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96A4E4

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96A4E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96A4E4	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90AAE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA4E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#80B0BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96a4e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 164, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.094 274.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7beec',
    500: '#96a4e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96a4e4;
$custom-light: #b7beec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96a4e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.231,
    "s": 59.091,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73195,
    "c": 0.09436,
    "h": 274.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96A4E4

secondary

#F0ECDB

accent

#A91FC7

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #96A4E4

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

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