#96AFFF#96AFFF

#96AFFF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.119 H 270.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96AFFF
RGB	rgb(150, 175, 255)
HSL	hsl(226, 100%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(226, 41%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 31.4%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.47, 11.09, -42.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.47, 43.77, 284.68°)
OKLab	oklab(76.66% 0.0004 -0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(76.66% 0.119 270.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.9521, 44.3616, 100.7297)
Luminance	0.4436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96AFFF #FFE696

analogous

#96E4FF #96AFFF #B296FF

triadic

#96AFFF #FF96AF #AFFF96

tetradic

#96AFFF #FF96E4 #FFE696 #96FFB2

square

#96AFFF #FF96E4 #FFE696 #96FFB2

split-complementary

#96AFFF #FFB296 #E4FF96

monochromatic

#1C52FF #5980FF #96AFFF #D3DEFF #E0E8FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#96AFFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#96AFFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96AFFF

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96AFFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96AFFF	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93B7FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AAEFD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73BFCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96afff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 175, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.119 270.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8c6ff',
    500: '#96afff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96afff;
$custom-light: #b8c6ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96afff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.714,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76656,
    "c": 0.11853,
    "h": 270.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96AFFF

secondary

#F7EFD4

accent

#AF00E6

background

#FBFCFF

surface

#F6F8FF

border

#D0D1D7

text

#121318

muted

#818286

Preview Lab

Preview with #96AFFF

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

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