#96BDFF#96BDFF

#96BDFF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.103 H 260.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96BDFF
RGB	rgb(150, 189, 255)
HSL	hsl(218, 100%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(218, 41%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 25.9%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.13, 3.32, -36.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.13, 36.80, 275.18°)
OKLab	oklab(79.5% -0.0167 -0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(79.5% 0.103 260.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.8195, 50.0965, 101.6855)
Luminance	0.5010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96BDFF #FFD896

analogous

#96F2FF #96BDFF #A496FF

triadic

#96BDFF #FF96BD #BDFF96

tetradic

#96BDFF #FF96F2 #FFD896 #96FFA4

square

#96BDFF #FF96F2 #FFD896 #96FFA4

split-complementary

#96BDFF #FFA496 #F2FF96

monochromatic

#1C70FF #5997FF #96BDFF #D3E3FF #E0ECFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#96BDFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#96BDFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96BDFF

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96BDFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96BDFF	1.00	1.91	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5C1FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB7FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71CBD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96bdff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 189, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.103 260.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8d0ff',
    500: '#96bdff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96bdff;
$custom-light: #b8d0ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96bdff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.714,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79504,
    "c": 0.10348,
    "h": 260.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96BDFF

secondary

#E1AE58

accent

#9000E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFF

border

#D1D4D7

text

#121418

muted

#828386

Preview Lab

Preview with #96BDFF

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

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