#96A8EA#96A8EA

#96A8EA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.098 H 272.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96A8EA
RGB	rgb(150, 168, 234)
HSL	hsl(227, 67%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(227, 36%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.9%, 28.2%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.77, 9.39, -35.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.77, 36.37, 284.95°)
OKLab	oklab(74.28% 0.0036 -0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(74.28% 0.098 272.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.4272, 40.4281, 83.4466)
Luminance	0.4043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96A8EA #EAD896

analogous

#96D2EA #96A8EA #AE96EA

triadic

#96A8EA #EA96A8 #A8EA96

tetradic

#96A8EA #EA96D2 #EAD896 #96EAAE

square

#96A8EA #EA96D2 #EAD896 #96EAAE

split-complementary

#96A8EA #EAAE96 #D2EA96

monochromatic

#3053D6 #637EE0 #96A8EA #C9D2F4 #E5EAFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#96A8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#96A8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96A8EA

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96A8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96A8EA	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93AEED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA7E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7DB5BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96a8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 168, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.098 272.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7c1f1',
    500: '#96a8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96a8ea;
$custom-light: #b7c1f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96a8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.143,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74275,
    "c": 0.09785,
    "h": 272.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96A8EA

secondary

#F1ECDA

accent

#A717CF

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #96A8EA

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

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