#96AEDC#96AEDC

#96AEDC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.072 H 263.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96AEDC
RGB	rgb(150, 174, 220)
HSL	hsl(219, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(219, 32%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.8%, 20.9%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.82, 2.43, -25.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.82, 25.99, 275.37°)
OKLab	oklab(74.91% -0.0085 -0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(74.91% 0.072 263.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.6282, 41.9219, 73.6473)
Luminance	0.4192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96AEDC #DCC496

analogous

#96D1DC #96AEDC #A196DC

triadic

#96AEDC #DC96AE #AEDC96

tetradic

#96AEDC #DC96D1 #DCC496 #96DCA1

square

#96AEDC #DC96D1 #DCC496 #96DCA1

split-complementary

#96AEDC #DCA196 #D1DC96

monochromatic

#3E68BA #688BCD #96AEDC #C4D1EB #E8EDF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#96AEDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#96AEDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96AEDC

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96AEDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96AEDC	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB1DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98AADB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82B7BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96aedc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 174, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.072 263.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6c6e7',
    500: '#96aedc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96aedc;
$custom-light: #b6c6e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96aedc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.429,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7491,
    "c": 0.07188,
    "h": 263.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96AEDC

secondary

#EEE8DD

accent

#8A28BD

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FC

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #96AEDC

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

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