#96b3ca

Color #96b3ca

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 7.7 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 6.4

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Conversions

HEX

#96b3ca

RGB

rgb(150, 179, 202)

HSL

hsl(206.5, 32.9%, 69%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(206.5, 25.7%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.7%, 11.4%, 0%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(71.55, -4.68, -14.91)

LCH

lch(71.55, 15.63, 252.57)

OKLCH

oklch(75.3%, 0.046, 242.15)

HWB

hwb(206.5, 58.8%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#caad96

Analogous

#96cac7

#96b3ca

#9699ca

Triadic

#96b3ca

#ca96b3

#b3ca96

Split-complementary

#96b3ca

#ca9699

#cac796

Tetradic

#96b3ca

#ad96ca

#caad96

#b3ca96

Square

#96b3ca

#c796ca

#caad96

#99ca96

Shades

Color #96b3ca mixed toward black.

#6f97b6

#4f7a9c

#3b5b75

#273d4e

#141e27

Tints

Color #96b3ca mixed toward white.

#a7c0d3

#b9ccdc

#cad9e4

#dce6ed

#edf2f6

Tones

Color #96b3ca mixed toward gray.

#9ab2c6

#9fb2c1

#a3b1bd

#a7b1b9

#acb0b4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.19:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.6:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.6:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a3a4c5 · ΔE 12.9

Deuteranopia

#a29fc3 · ΔE 14.8

Tritanopia

#98c0c0 · ΔE 11.9

Achromatopsia

#afafaf · ΔE 12

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Code

CSS

background-color: #96b3ca;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#96b3ca]

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Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Light Slate Gray #778899

Frequently asked questions

#96b3ca (#96b3ca) is rgb(150, 179, 202) in RGB.

No, #96b3ca 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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