#96A4E9#96A4E9

#96A4E9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.101 H 274.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96A4E9
RGB	rgb(150, 164, 233)
HSL	hsl(230, 65%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(230, 36%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.6%, 29.6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.69, 11.38, -36.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.69, 38.02, 287.42°)
OKLab	oklab(73.42% 0.0085 -0.101)
OKLCH	oklch(73.42% 0.101 274.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.5569, 38.9166, 82.4497)
Luminance	0.3892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96A4E9 #E9DB96

analogous

#96CDE9 #96A4E9 #B296E9

triadic

#96A4E9 #E996A4 #A4E996

tetradic

#96A4E9 #E996CD #E9DB96 #96E9B2

square

#96A4E9 #E996CD #E9DB96 #96E9B2

split-complementary

#96A4E9 #E9B296 #CDE996

monochromatic

#314CD4 #6378DE #96A4E9 #C9D0F4 #E6E9FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#96A4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#96A4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96A4E9

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96A4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96A4E9	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EABEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A4E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7EB1BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96a4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 164, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.101 274.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7bef0',
    500: '#96a4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96a4e9;
$custom-light: #b7bef0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96a4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.88,
    "s": 65.354,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73422,
    "c": 0.1014,
    "h": 274.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96A4E9

secondary

#F1EDDA

accent

#AF18CD

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #96A4E9

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

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