#96ACED#96ACED

#96ACED is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.097 H 269.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96ACED
RGB	rgb(150, 172, 237)
HSL	hsl(225, 71%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(225, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.7%, 27.4%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.94, 7.93, -34.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.94, 35.85, 282.78°)
OKLab	oklab(75.22% -0.0007 -0.0973)
OKLCH	oklch(75.22% 0.097 269.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.6117, 42.1016, 85.9855)
Luminance	0.4210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96ACED #EDD796

analogous

#96D7ED #96ACED #AB96ED

triadic

#96ACED #ED96AC #ACED96

tetradic

#96ACED #ED96D7 #EDD796 #96EDAB

square

#96ACED #ED96D7 #EDD796 #96EDAB

split-complementary

#96ACED #EDAB96 #D7ED96

monochromatic

#2E59DB #6283E4 #96ACED #CAD5F6 #E5EAFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#96ACED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#96ACED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96ACED

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96ACED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96ACED	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96B2F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FAAEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7CB9C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96aced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 172, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.097 269.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7c4f3',
    500: '#96aced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96aced;
$custom-light: #b7c4f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96aced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.828,
    "s": 70.732,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75222,
    "c": 0.09728,
    "h": 269.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96ACED

secondary

#F2ECD9

accent

#A213D3

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #96ACED

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

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