#96BAFA#96BAFA

#96BAFA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.100 H 261.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96BAFA
RGB	rgb(150, 186, 250)
HSL	hsl(218, 91%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(218, 40%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 25.6%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.14, 3.62, -35.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.14, 35.68, 275.83°)
OKLab	oklab(78.67% -0.0145 -0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(78.67% 0.1 261.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.3865, 48.5015, 97.2888)
Luminance	0.4850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96BAFA #FAD696

analogous

#96ECFA #96BAFA #A496FA

triadic

#96BAFA #FA96BA #BAFA96

tetradic

#96BAFA #FA96EC #FAD696 #96FAA4

square

#96BAFA #FA96EC #FAD696 #96FAA4

split-complementary

#96BAFA #FAA496 #ECFA96

monochromatic

#216DF4 #5C94F7 #96BAFA #D0E0FD #E2ECFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#96BAFA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#96BAFA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96BAFA

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96BAFA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96BAFA	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3BEFD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99B5F9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74C7D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96bafa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 186, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.100 261.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8cefc',
    500: '#96bafa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96bafa;
$custom-light: #b8cefc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96bafa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.4,
    "s": 90.909,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78667,
    "c": 0.09987,
    "h": 261.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96BAFA

secondary

#F6EAD5

accent

#9300E6

background

#FBFCFF

surface

#F6F9FF

border

#D0D2D7

text

#121317

muted

#818285

Preview Lab

Preview with #96BAFA

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

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