#96AEEE#96AEEE

#96AEEE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.096 H 268.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96AEEE
RGB	rgb(150, 174, 238)
HSL	hsl(224, 72%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(224, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(37%, 26.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.51, 7.08, -34.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.51, 35.35, 281.55°)
OKLab	oklab(75.68% -0.003 -0.0963)
OKLCH	oklch(75.68% 0.096 268.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.1417, 42.9272, 86.8850)
Luminance	0.4293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96AEEE #EED696

analogous

#96DAEE #96AEEE #AA96EE

triadic

#96AEEE #EE96AE #AEEE96

tetradic

#96AEEE #EE96DA #EED696 #96EEAA

square

#96AEEE #EE96DA #EED696 #96EEAA

split-complementary

#96AEEE #EEAA96 #DAEE96

monochromatic

#2D5DDD #6185E5 #96AEEE #CBD7F7 #E5EBFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#96AEEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#96AEEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96AEEE

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96AEEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96AEEE	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B3F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91ACED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7BBBC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96aeee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 174, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.096 268.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7c6f3',
    500: '#96aeee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96aeee;
$custom-light: #b7c6f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96aeee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.636,
    "s": 72.131,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75675,
    "c": 0.09638,
    "h": 268.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96AEEE

secondary

#F2EBD9

accent

#9F11D4

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111317

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #96AEEE

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

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