#96AAEE#96AAEE

#96AAEE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.101 H 271.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96AAEE
RGB	rgb(150, 170, 238)
HSL	hsl(226, 72%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(226, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(37%, 28.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.46, 9.32, -36.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.46, 37.44, 284.41°)
OKLab	oklab(74.86% 0.0022 -0.101)
OKLCH	oklch(74.86% 0.101 271.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.3804, 41.4047, 86.6312)
Luminance	0.4141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96AAEE #EEDA96

analogous

#96D6EE #96AAEE #AE96EE

triadic

#96AAEE #EE96AA #AAEE96

tetradic

#96AAEE #EE96D6 #EEDA96 #96EEAE

square

#96AAEE #EE96D6 #EEDA96 #96EEAE

split-complementary

#96AAEE #EEAE96 #D6EE96

monochromatic

#2D55DD #617FE5 #96AAEE #CBD5F7 #E5EAFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#96AAEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#96AAEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96AAEE

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96AAEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96AAEE	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94B0F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA9EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7BB8C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96aaee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 170, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.101 271.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7c3f3',
    500: '#96aaee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96aaee;
$custom-light: #b7c3f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96aaee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.364,
    "s": 72.131,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74861,
    "c": 0.10102,
    "h": 271.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96AAEE

secondary

#F2EDD9

accent

#A811D4

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #96AAEE

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

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