#96a0ed

Color #96a0ed

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 12.4 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 5.2

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Conversions

HEX

#96a0ed

RGB

rgb(150, 160, 237)

HSL

hsl(233.1, 70.7%, 75.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(233.1, 36.7%, 92.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(36.7%, 32.5%, 0%, 7.1%)

LAB

lab(67.83, 14.71, -39.81)

LCH

lch(67.83, 42.44, 290.28)

OKLCH

oklch(72.8%, 0.1122, 277.58)

HWB

hwb(233.1, 58.8%, 7.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ede396

Analogous

#96cced

#96a0ed

#b896ed

Triadic

#96a0ed

#ed96a0

#a0ed96

Split-complementary

#96a0ed

#edb896

#cced96

Tetradic

#96a0ed

#e396ed

#ede396

#a0ed96

Square

#96a0ed

#ed96cc

#ede396

#96edb8

Shades

Color #96a0ed mixed toward black.

#5f6ee4

#283cda

#1c2ca5

#131d6e

#090f37

Tints

Color #96a0ed mixed toward white.

#a8b0f0

#b9c0f3

#cbd0f6

#dcdff9

#eeeffc

Tones

Color #96a0ed mixed toward gray.

#9da6e6

#a5abdf

#acb1d7

#b3b6d0

#babcc9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.46:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.55:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.55:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9a9bde · ΔE 3.6

Deuteranopia

#9a99da · ΔE 4.5

Tritanopia

#97d0cd · ΔE 27.5

Achromatopsia

#a5a5a5 · ΔE 22.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #96a0ed;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#96a0ed]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#96a0ed (#96a0ed) is rgb(150, 160, 237) in RGB.

No, #96a0ed is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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