#96AAE6#96AAE6

#96AAE6 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.090 H 269.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96AAE6
RGB	rgb(150, 170, 230)
HSL	hsl(225, 62%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(225, 35%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.8%, 26.1%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.14, 7.22, -32.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.14, 33.19, 282.56°)
OKLab	oklab(74.51% -0.0001 -0.0899)
OKLCH	oklch(74.51% 0.09 269.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.2311, 40.9450, 80.5783)
Luminance	0.4095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96AAE6 #E6D296

analogous

#96D2E6 #96AAE6 #AA96E6

triadic

#96AAE6 #E696AA #AAE696

tetradic

#96AAE6 #E696D2 #E6D296 #96E6AA

square

#96AAE6 #E696D2 #E6D296 #96E6AA

split-complementary

#96AAE6 #E6AA96 #D2E696

monochromatic

#335ACE #6582DA #96AAE6 #C7D2F2 #E6EBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#96AAE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#96AAE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96AAE6

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96AAE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96AAE6	1.00	2.29	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97AFE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A8E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7FB6BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96aae6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 170, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.090 269.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7c3ee',
    500: '#96aae6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96aae6;
$custom-light: #b7c3ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96aae6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74505,
    "c": 0.08991,
    "h": 269.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96AAE6

secondary

#F0EBDB

accent

#9E1CC9

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #96AAE6

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

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