#96BEFA#96BEFA

#96BEFA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.096 H 258.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96BEFA
RGB	rgb(150, 190, 250)
HSL	hsl(216, 91%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(216, 40%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 24%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.20, 1.43, -33.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.20, 33.89, 272.42°)
OKLab	oklab(79.49% -0.0195 -0.0941)
OKLCH	oklch(79.49% 0.096 258.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.2410, 50.2104, 97.5736)
Luminance	0.5021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#96BEFA #FAD296

analogous

#96F0FA #96BEFA #A096FA

triadic

#96BEFA #FA96BE #BEFA96

tetradic

#96BEFA #FA96F0 #FAD296 #96FAA0

square

#96BEFA #FA96F0 #FAD296 #96FAA0

split-complementary

#96BEFA #FAA096 #F0FA96

monochromatic

#2176F4 #5C9AF7 #96BEFA #D0E2FD #E2EDFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#96BEFA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#96BEFA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96BEFA

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96BEFA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96BEFA	1.00	1.90	11.04	11.04
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8C1FD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB8F9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73CBD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96befa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 190, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.096 258.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8d1fc',
    500: '#96befa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96befa;
$custom-light: #b8d1fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96befa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216,
    "s": 90.909,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79494,
    "c": 0.09611,
    "h": 258.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96BEFA

secondary

#DAA75A

accent

#8A00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFF

border

#D1D4D7

text

#121417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #96BEFA

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

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