#96AEDE#96AEDE

#96AEDE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.075 H 264.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96AEDE
RGB	rgb(150, 174, 222)
HSL	hsl(220, 52%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(220, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.4%, 21.6%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.89, 2.94, -26.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.89, 27.02, 276.25°)
OKLab	oklab(74.99% -0.0078 -0.0742)
OKLCH	oklch(74.99% 0.075 264)
XYZ	xyz(40.8947, 42.0284, 75.0507)
Luminance	0.4203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96AEDE #DEC696

analogous

#96D2DE #96AEDE #A296DE

triadic

#96AEDE #DE96AE #AEDE96

tetradic

#96AEDE #DE96D2 #DEC696 #96DEA2

square

#96AEDE #DE96D2 #DEC696 #96DEA2

split-complementary

#96AEDE #DEA296 #D2DE96

monochromatic

#3C67BE #678ACF #96AEDE #C5D2ED #E8EDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#96AEDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#96AEDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96AEDE

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96AEDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96AEDE	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB1E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97ABDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#81B8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96aede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 174, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.075 264.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6c6e8',
    500: '#96aede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96aede;
$custom-light: #b6c6e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96aede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74992,
    "c": 0.07457,
    "h": 264
  },
  "luminance": 0.4203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96AEDE

secondary

#EFE9DC

accent

#8C26C0

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FC

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #96AEDE

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

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