#96AAE0#96AAE0

#96AAE0 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.082 H 268.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96AAE0
RGB	rgb(150, 170, 224)
HSL	hsl(224, 54%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(224, 33%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(33%, 24.1%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.90, 5.67, -29.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.90, 30.01, 280.89°)
OKLab	oklab(74.25% -0.0019 -0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(74.25% 0.082 268.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.4030, 40.6137, 76.2170)
Luminance	0.4062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96AAE0 #E0CC96

analogous

#96CFE0 #96AAE0 #A796E0

triadic

#96AAE0 #E096AA #AAE096

tetradic

#96AAE0 #E096CF #E0CC96 #96E0A7

square

#96AAE0 #E096CF #E0CC96 #96E0A7

split-complementary

#96AAE0 #E0A796 #CFE096

monochromatic

#395EC2 #6784D2 #96AAE0 #C5D0EE #E7ECF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#96AAE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#96AAE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96AAE0

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96AAE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96AAE0	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99AEE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A8DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#81B5BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96aae0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 170, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.082 268.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6c3ea',
    500: '#96aae0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96aae0;
$custom-light: #b6c3ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96aae0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.784,
    "s": 54.412,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74247,
    "c": 0.08159,
    "h": 268.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96AAE0

secondary

#EFEADC

accent

#9724C2

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #96AAE0

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

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