#96acee

Color #96acee

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 16.58 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 3

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Conversions

HEX

#96acee

RGB

rgb(150, 172, 238)

HSL

hsl(225, 72.1%, 76.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(225, 37%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(37%, 27.7%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(70.98, 8.2, -35.45)

LCH

lch(70.98, 36.39, 283.02)

OKLCH

oklch(75.3%, 0.0987, 269.77)

HWB

hwb(225, 58.8%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eed896

Analogous

#96d8ee

#96acee

#ac96ee

Triadic

#96acee

#ee96ac

#acee96

Split-complementary

#96acee

#eeac96

#d8ee96

Tetradic

#96acee

#d896ee

#eed896

#acee96

Square

#96acee

#ee96d8

#eed896

#96eeac

Shades

Color #96acee mixed toward black.

#5e80e5

#2754dc

#1b3ea7

#12296f

#091538

Tints

Color #96acee mixed toward white.

#a8baf1

#b9c8f4

#cbd6f6

#dce3f9

#eef1fc

Tones

Color #96acee mixed toward gray.

#9db0e7

#a5b3df

#acb7d8

#b3bbd1

#bbbec9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.23:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.43:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.43:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a0a0e0 · ΔE 6.4

Deuteranopia

#9f9ddd · ΔE 7.2

Tritanopia

#97d5d2 · ΔE 25.4

Achromatopsia

#aeaeae · ΔE 20.2

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #96acee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#96acee]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#96acee (#96acee) is rgb(150, 172, 238) in RGB.

No, #96acee 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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