#96B4E7#96B4E7

#96B4E7 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.081 H 260.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96B4E7
RGB	rgb(150, 180, 231)
HSL	hsl(218, 63%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(218, 35%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.1%, 22.1%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.82, 1.93, -28.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.82, 28.86, 273.83°)
OKLab	oklab(76.61% -0.0128 -0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(76.61% 0.081 260.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.3184, 44.8941, 81.9688)
Luminance	0.4490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96B4E7 #E7C996

analogous

#96DDE7 #96B4E7 #A196E7

triadic

#96B4E7 #E796B4 #B4E796

tetradic

#96B4E7 #E796DD #E7C996 #96E7A1

square

#96B4E7 #E796DD #E7C996 #96E7A1

split-complementary

#96B4E7 #E7A196 #DDE796

monochromatic

#326DD0 #6490DC #96B4E7 #C8D8F2 #E6EDF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#96B4E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#96B4E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96B4E7

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96B4E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96B4E7	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B7E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AAFE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7DBFC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96b4e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 180, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.081 260.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7caee',
    500: '#96b4e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96b4e7;
$custom-light: #b7caee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96b4e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.778,
    "s": 62.791,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76614,
    "c": 0.0807,
    "h": 260.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96B4E7

secondary

#F1E8DA

accent

#8A1BCB

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #96B4E7

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

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