#96AAEF#96AAEF

#96AAEF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.102 H 271.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96AAEF
RGB	rgb(150, 170, 239)
HSL	hsl(227, 74%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(227, 37%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.2%, 28.9%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.50, 9.58, -36.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.50, 37.97, 284.62°)
OKLab	oklab(74.91% 0.0024 -0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(74.91% 0.102 271.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.5278, 41.4636, 87.4071)
Luminance	0.4147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96AAEF #EFDB96

analogous

#96D7EF #96AAEF #AF96EF

triadic

#96AAEF #EF96AA #AAEF96

tetradic

#96AAEF #EF96D7 #EFDB96 #96EFAF

square

#96AAEF #EF96D7 #EFDB96 #96EFAF

split-complementary

#96AAEF #EFAF96 #D7EF96

monochromatic

#2C54DF #617FE7 #96AAEF #CBD5F7 #E4EAFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#96AAEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#96AAEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96AAEF

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96AAEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96AAEF	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93B0F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA9ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7BB8C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96aaef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 170, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.102 271.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7c3f4',
    500: '#96aaef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96aaef;
$custom-light: #b7c3f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96aaef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.517,
    "s": 73.554,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74906,
    "c": 0.10241,
    "h": 271.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96AAEF

secondary

#F3EDD8

accent

#A910D6

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121217

muted

#818185

Preview Lab

Preview with #96AAEF

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

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