#96AEFF#96AEFF

#96AEFF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.120 H 270.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96AEFF
RGB	rgb(150, 174, 255)
HSL	hsl(226, 100%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(226, 41%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 31.8%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.21, 11.65, -42.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.21, 44.31, 285.25°)
OKLab	oklab(76.46% 0.0016 -0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(76.46% 0.12 270.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.7582, 43.9738, 100.6651)
Luminance	0.4398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96AEFF #FFE796

analogous

#96E2FF #96AEFF #B396FF

triadic

#96AEFF #FF96AE #AEFF96

tetradic

#96AEFF #FF96E2 #FFE796 #96FFB3

square

#96AEFF #FF96E2 #FFE796 #96FFB3

split-complementary

#96AEFF #FFB396 #E2FF96

monochromatic

#1C50FF #597FFF #96AEFF #D3DDFF #E0E7FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#96AEFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#96AEFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96AEFF

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96AEFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96AEFF	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92B6FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89ADFD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73BECB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96aeff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 174, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.120 270.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8c5ff',
    500: '#96aeff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96aeff;
$custom-light: #b8c5ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96aeff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.286,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76455,
    "c": 0.11971,
    "h": 270.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96AEFF

secondary

#F7EFD4

accent

#B100E6

background

#FBFCFF

surface

#F6F8FF

border

#D0D1D7

text

#121218

muted

#818186

Preview Lab

Preview with #96AEFF

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

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