#96AFFD#96AFFD

#96AFFD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.116 H 269.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96AFFD
RGB	rgb(150, 175, 253)
HSL	hsl(225, 96%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(225, 41%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 30.8%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.38, 10.55, -41.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.38, 42.72, 284.29°)
OKLab	oklab(76.56% -0.0001 -0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(76.56% 0.116 269.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.6318, 44.2335, 99.0430)
Luminance	0.4424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96AFFD #FDE496

analogous

#96E3FD #96AFFD #B196FD

triadic

#96AFFD #FD96AF #AFFD96

tetradic

#96AFFD #FD96E3 #FDE496 #96FDB1

square

#96AFFD #FD96E3 #FDE496 #96FDB1

split-complementary

#96AFFD #FDB196 #E3FD96

monochromatic

#1E53FB #5A81FC #96AFFD #D2DDFE #E1E8FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#96AFFD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#96AFFD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96AFFD

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96AFFD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96AFFD	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94B6FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BADFB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74BFCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96affd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 175, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.116 269.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8c6fe',
    500: '#96affd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96affd;
$custom-light: #b8c6fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96affd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.437,
    "s": 96.262,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76561,
    "c": 0.1158,
    "h": 269.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96AFFD

secondary

#F7EED4

accent

#AE00E6

background

#FBFCFF

surface

#F6F8FF

border

#D0D1D7

text

#121318

muted

#818286

Preview Lab

Preview with #96AFFD

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

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