#96ADE2#96ADE2

#96ADE2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.081 H 266.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96ADE2
RGB	rgb(150, 173, 226)
HSL	hsl(222, 57%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(222, 34%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 23.5%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.77, 4.51, -29.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.77, 29.57, 278.78°)
OKLab	oklab(74.95% -0.0053 -0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(74.95% 0.081 266.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.2447, 41.8605, 77.8435)
Luminance	0.4186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96ADE2 #E2CB96

analogous

#96D3E2 #96ADE2 #A596E2

triadic

#96ADE2 #E296AD #ADE296

tetradic

#96ADE2 #E296D3 #E2CB96 #96E2A5

square

#96ADE2 #E296D3 #E2CB96 #96E2A5

split-complementary

#96ADE2 #E2A596 #D3E296

monochromatic

#3762C7 #6688D5 #96ADE2 #C6D2EF #E7ECF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#96ADE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#96ADE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96ADE2

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96ADE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96ADE2	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB1E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94AAE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#80B8BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96ade2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 173, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.081 266.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7c5eb',
    500: '#96ade2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96ade2;
$custom-light: #b7c5eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96ade2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.842,
    "s": 56.716,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74951,
    "c": 0.08104,
    "h": 266.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96ADE2

secondary

#F0E9DB

accent

#9321C4

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #96ADE2

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

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