#96AEEF#96AEEF

#96AEEF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.098 H 268.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96AEEF
RGB	rgb(150, 174, 239)
HSL	hsl(224, 74%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(224, 37%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.2%, 27.2%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.55, 7.34, -35.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.55, 35.88, 281.81°)
OKLab	oklab(75.72% -0.0027 -0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(75.72% 0.098 268.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.2890, 42.9862, 87.6609)
Luminance	0.4299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96AEEF #EFD796

analogous

#96DBEF #96AEEF #AB96EF

triadic

#96AEEF #EF96AE #AEEF96

tetradic

#96AEEF #EF96DB #EFD796 #96EFAB

square

#96AEEF #EF96DB #EFD796 #96EFAB

split-complementary

#96AEEF #EFAB96 #DBEF96

monochromatic

#2C5CDF #6185E7 #96AEEF #CBD7F7 #E4EBFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#96AEEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#96AEEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96AEEF

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96AEEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96AEEF	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98B3F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90ACED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7ABBC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96aeef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 174, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.098 268.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7c6f4',
    500: '#96aeef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96aeef;
$custom-light: #b7c6f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96aeef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.82,
    "s": 73.554,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75719,
    "c": 0.09776,
    "h": 268.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96AEEF

secondary

#F3ECD8

accent

#A010D6

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111317

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #96AEEF

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

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