#96B4E4#96B4E4

#96B4E4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.077 H 259.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96B4E4
RGB	rgb(150, 180, 228)
HSL	hsl(217, 59%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(217, 34%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.2%, 21.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.71, 1.16, -27.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.71, 27.36, 272.43°)
OKLab	oklab(76.49% -0.0137 -0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(76.49% 0.077 259.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.8983, 44.7261, 79.7564)
Luminance	0.4473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96B4E4 #E4C696

analogous

#96DBE4 #96B4E4 #9F96E4

triadic

#96B4E4 #E496B4 #B4E496

tetradic

#96B4E4 #E496DB #E4C696 #96E49F

square

#96B4E4 #E496DB #E4C696 #96E49F

split-complementary

#96B4E4 #E49F96 #DBE496

monochromatic

#356ECB #6591D7 #96B4E4 #C7D7F1 #E7EEF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#96B4E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#96B4E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96B4E4

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96B4E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96B4E4	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B7E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BAFE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7EBEC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96b4e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 180, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.077 259.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7caec',
    500: '#96b4e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96b4e4;
$custom-light: #b7caec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96b4e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.923,
    "s": 59.091,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7649,
    "c": 0.07677,
    "h": 259.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96B4E4

secondary

#F0E8DB

accent

#861FC7

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #96B4E4

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

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