#96ACEE#96ACEE

#96ACEE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.099 H 269.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96ACEE
RGB	rgb(150, 172, 238)
HSL	hsl(225, 72%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(225, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(37%, 27.7%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.98, 8.20, -35.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.98, 36.38, 283.02°)
OKLab	oklab(75.27% -0.0004 -0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(75.27% 0.099 269.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.7582, 42.1602, 86.7571)
Luminance	0.4216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96ACEE #EED896

analogous

#96D8EE #96ACEE #AC96EE

triadic

#96ACEE #EE96AC #ACEE96

tetradic

#96ACEE #EE96D8 #EED896 #96EEAC

square

#96ACEE #EE96D8 #EED896 #96EEAC

split-complementary

#96ACEE #EEAC96 #D8EE96

monochromatic

#2D59DD #6182E5 #96ACEE #CBD6F7 #E5EAFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#96ACEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#96ACEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96ACEE

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96ACEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96ACEE	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96B2F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EAAEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7BB9C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96acee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 172, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.099 269.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96acee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 72.131,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75267,
    "c": 0.09867,
    "h": 269.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96ACEE

secondary

#F2ECD9

accent

#A311D4

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #96ACEE

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

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