#96B8EE#96B8EE

#96B8EE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.086 H 259.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96B8EE
RGB	rgb(150, 184, 238)
HSL	hsl(217, 72%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(217, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(37%, 22.7%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.15, 1.55, -30.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.15, 30.59, 272.90°)
OKLab	oklab(77.74% -0.0157 -0.0847)
OKLCH	oklch(77.74% 0.086 259.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.1460, 46.9359, 87.5531)
Luminance	0.4694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96B8EE #EECC96

analogous

#96E4EE #96B8EE #A096EE

triadic

#96B8EE #EE96B8 #B8EE96

tetradic

#96B8EE #EE96E4 #EECC96 #96EEA0

square

#96B8EE #EE96E4 #EECC96 #96EEA0

split-complementary

#96B8EE #EEA096 #E4EE96

monochromatic

#2D71DD #6194E5 #96B8EE #CBDCF7 #E5EDFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#96B8EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#96B8EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96B8EE

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96B8EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96B8EE	1.00	2.02	10.39	10.39
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5BBF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB3ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7AC3CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96b8ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 184, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.086 259.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7cdf3',
    500: '#96b8ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96b8ee;
$custom-light: #b7cdf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96b8ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.818,
    "s": 72.131,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77739,
    "c": 0.08612,
    "h": 259.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96B8EE

secondary

#F2E8D9

accent

#8911D4

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111317

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #96B8EE

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

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