#96AED0#96AED0

#96AED0 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.056 H 257.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96AED0
RGB	rgb(150, 174, 208)
HSL	hsl(215, 38%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(215, 28%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.9%, 16.3%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.39, -0.53, -19.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.39, 19.95, 268.48°)
OKLab	oklab(74.44% -0.0125 -0.0547)
OKLCH	oklch(74.44% 0.056 257.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.0957, 41.3088, 65.5758)
Luminance	0.4131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96AED0 #D0B896

analogous

#96CBD0 #96AED0 #9B96D0

triadic

#96AED0 #D096AE #AED096

tetradic

#96AED0 #D096CB #D0B896 #96D09B

square

#96AED0 #D096CB #D0B896 #96D09B

split-complementary

#96AED0 #D09B96 #CBD096

monochromatic

#496EA3 #6C8DBD #96AED0 #C0CFE3 #EAEFF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#96AED0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#96AED0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96AED0

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96AED0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96AED0	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2AFD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CAACF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86B5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96aed0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 174, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.056 257.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6c6de',
    500: '#96aed0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96aed0;
$custom-light: #b6c6de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96aed0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.172,
    "s": 38.158,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74436,
    "c": 0.0561,
    "h": 257.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96AED0

secondary

#E9E2D9

accent

#7E34B1

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F8FB

border

#D0D1D4

text

#111315

muted

#808283

Preview Lab

Preview with #96AED0

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

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