#96B4E2#96B4E2

#96B4E2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.074 H 258.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96B4E2
RGB	rgb(150, 180, 226)
HSL	hsl(216, 57%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(216, 34%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 20.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.64, 0.65, -26.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.64, 26.37, 271.41°)
OKLab	oklab(76.41% -0.0144 -0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(76.41% 0.074 258.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.6223, 44.6157, 78.3027)
Luminance	0.4462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96B4E2 #E2C496

analogous

#96DAE2 #96B4E2 #9E96E2

triadic

#96B4E2 #E296B4 #B4E296

tetradic

#96B4E2 #E296DA #E2C496 #96E29E

square

#96B4E2 #E296DA #E2C496 #96E29E

split-complementary

#96B4E2 #E29E96 #DAE296

monochromatic

#3770C7 #6692D5 #96B4E2 #C6D6EF #E7EEF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#96B4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#96B4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96B4E2

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96B4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96B4E2	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B6E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CAFE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7FBEC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96b4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 180, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.074 258.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7caeb',
    500: '#96b4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96b4e2;
$custom-light: #b7caeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96b4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.316,
    "s": 56.716,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76409,
    "c": 0.07418,
    "h": 258.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96B4E2

secondary

#F0E8DB

accent

#8421C4

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #96B4E2

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →