#96AEFA#96AEFA

#96AEFA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.113 H 270.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96AEFA
RGB	rgb(150, 174, 250)
HSL	hsl(226, 91%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(226, 40%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 30.4%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.00, 10.29, -40.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.00, 41.67, 284.30°)
OKLab	oklab(76.22% 0.0003 -0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(76.22% 0.113 270.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.9638, 43.6561, 96.4812)
Luminance	0.4366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96AEFA #FAE296

analogous

#96E0FA #96AEFA #B096FA

triadic

#96AEFA #FA96AE #AEFA96

tetradic

#96AEFA #FA96E0 #FAE296 #96FAB0

square

#96AEFA #FA96E0 #FAE296 #96FAB0

split-complementary

#96AEFA #FAB096 #E0FA96

monochromatic

#2154F4 #5C81F7 #96AEFA #D0DBFD #E2E8FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#96AEFA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#96AEFA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96AEFA

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96AEFA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96AEFA	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94B5FD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BADF8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#76BDC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96aefa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 174, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.113 270.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8c6fc',
    500: '#96aefa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96aefa;
$custom-light: #b8c6fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96aefa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.6,
    "s": 90.909,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7622,
    "c": 0.11285,
    "h": 270.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96AEFA

secondary

#F6EED5

accent

#AE00E6

background

#FBFCFF

surface

#F6F8FF

border

#D0D1D7

text

#121217

muted

#818185

Preview Lab

Preview with #96AEFA

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

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