#96AEEC#96AEEC

#96AEEC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.094 H 267.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96AEEC
RGB	rgb(150, 174, 236)
HSL	hsl(223, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(223, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 26.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.43, 6.55, -33.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.43, 34.30, 281.01°)
OKLab	oklab(75.59% -0.0035 -0.0936)
OKLCH	oklch(75.59% 0.094 267.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.8495, 42.8104, 85.3461)
Luminance	0.4281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96AEEC #ECD496

analogous

#96D9EC #96AEEC #A996EC

triadic

#96AEEC #EC96AE #AEEC96

tetradic

#96AEEC #EC96D9 #ECD496 #96ECA9

square

#96AEEC #EC96D9 #ECD496 #96ECA9

split-complementary

#96AEEC #ECA996 #D9EC96

monochromatic

#2E5ED9 #6286E3 #96AEEC #CAD6F5 #E5EBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#96AEEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#96AEEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96AEEC

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96AEEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96AEEC	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B3EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91ABEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7CBAC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96aeec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 174, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.094 267.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7c6f2',
    500: '#96aeec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96aeec;
$custom-light: #b7c6f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96aeec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.256,
    "s": 69.355,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75587,
    "c": 0.09364,
    "h": 267.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96AEEC

secondary

#F2EBD9

accent

#9D14D1

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111317

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #96AEEC

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

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