#96A8CD#96A8CD

#96A8CD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.058 H 264.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96A8CD
RGB	rgb(150, 168, 205)
HSL	hsl(220, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(220, 27%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.8%, 18%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.68, 2.05, -20.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.68, 21.00, 275.61°)
OKLab	oklab(73.06% -0.0054 -0.0573)
OKLCH	oklch(73.06% 0.058 264.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.5967, 38.8959, 63.2725)
Luminance	0.3890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96A8CD #CDBB96

analogous

#96C4CD #96A8CD #A096CD

triadic

#96A8CD #CD96A8 #A8CD96

tetradic

#96A8CD #CD96C4 #CDBB96 #96CDA0

square

#96A8CD #CD96C4 #CDBB96 #96CDA0

split-complementary

#96A8CD #CDA096 #C4CD96

monochromatic

#4B669E #6D86B9 #96A8CD #BFCAE1 #E9EDF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#96A8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#96A8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96A8CD

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96A8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96A8CD	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)

#9CAACF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A5CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87AFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96a8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 168, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.058 264.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6c1dc',
    500: '#96a8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96a8cd;
$custom-light: #b6c1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96a8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.364,
    "s": 35.484,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73057,
    "c": 0.05758,
    "h": 264.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96A8CD

secondary

#E7E2D8

accent

#8737AE

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F7FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#111215

muted

#808183

Preview Lab

Preview with #96A8CD

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

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