#96AEDF#96AEDF

#96AEDF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.076 H 264.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96AEDF
RGB	rgb(150, 174, 223)
HSL	hsl(220, 53%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(220, 33%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.7%, 22%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.93, 3.19, -27.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.93, 27.53, 276.66°)
OKLab	oklab(75.03% -0.0075 -0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(75.03% 0.076 264.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.0291, 42.0822, 75.7586)
Luminance	0.4208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96AEDF #DFC796

analogous

#96D2DF #96AEDF #A296DF

triadic

#96AEDF #DF96AE #AEDF96

tetradic

#96AEDF #DF96D2 #DFC796 #96DFA2

square

#96AEDF #DF96D2 #DFC796 #96DFA2

split-complementary

#96AEDF #DFA296 #D2DF96

monochromatic

#3B66C0 #678AD1 #96AEDF #C5D2ED #E8EDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#96AEDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#96AEDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96AEDF

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96AEDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96AEDF	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB1E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97ABDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#81B8BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96aedf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 174, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.076 264.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6c6e9',
    500: '#96aedf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96aedf;
$custom-light: #b6c6e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96aedf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.274,
    "s": 53.285,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75033,
    "c": 0.07592,
    "h": 264.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96AEDF

secondary

#EFE9DC

accent

#8D25C1

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FC

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #96AEDF

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

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