#96A8CC#96A8CC

#96A8CC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.056 H 264.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96A8CC
RGB	rgb(150, 168, 204)
HSL	hsl(220, 35%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(220, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.5%, 17.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.64, 1.81, -20.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.64, 20.49, 275.07°)
OKLab	oklab(73.02% -0.0057 -0.0559)
OKLCH	oklch(73.02% 0.056 264.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.4764, 38.8478, 62.6388)
Luminance	0.3885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96A8CC #CCBA96

analogous

#96C3CC #96A8CC #9F96CC

triadic

#96A8CC #CC96A8 #A8CC96

tetradic

#96A8CC #CC96C3 #CCBA96 #96CC9F

square

#96A8CC #CC96C3 #CCBA96 #96CC9F

split-complementary

#96A8CC #CC9F96 #C3CC96

monochromatic

#4C669C #6D86B8 #96A8CC #BFCAE0 #E8ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#96A8CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#96A8CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96A8CC

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96A8CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96A8CC	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DAACE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A5CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88AFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96a8cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 168, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.056 264.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6c1db',
    500: '#96a8cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96a8cc;
$custom-light: #b6c1db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96a8cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 34.615,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73018,
    "c": 0.05622,
    "h": 264.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96A8CC

secondary

#E7E1D7

accent

#8638AD

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F7FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#111215

muted

#808183

Preview Lab

Preview with #96A8CC

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

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