#96ADE0#96ADE0

#96ADE0 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.078 H 265.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96ADE0
RGB	rgb(150, 173, 224)
HSL	hsl(221, 54%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(221, 33%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(33%, 22.8%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.70, 4.00, -28.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.70, 28.53, 278.06°)
OKLab	oklab(74.87% -0.0059 -0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(74.87% 0.078 265.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.9719, 41.7514, 76.4066)
Luminance	0.4175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96ADE0 #E0C996

analogous

#96D2E0 #96ADE0 #A496E0

triadic

#96ADE0 #E096AD #ADE096

tetradic

#96ADE0 #E096D2 #E0C996 #96E0A4

square

#96ADE0 #E096D2 #E0C996 #96E0A4

split-complementary

#96ADE0 #E0A496 #D2E096

monochromatic

#3964C2 #6788D2 #96ADE0 #C5D2EE #E7EDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#96ADE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#96ADE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96ADE0

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96ADE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96ADE0	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB1E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95AADF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#80B7BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96ade0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 173, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.078 265.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6c5e9',
    500: '#96ade0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96ade0;
$custom-light: #b6c5e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96ade0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.351,
    "s": 54.412,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74867,
    "c": 0.07832,
    "h": 265.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96ADE0

secondary

#EFE9DC

accent

#9124C2

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #96ADE0

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

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