#96b3f7

Color #96b3f7

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 16.94 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 3.1

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Conversions

HEX

#96b3f7

RGB

rgb(150, 179, 247)

HSL

hsl(222.1, 85.8%, 77.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(222.1, 39.3%, 96.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(39.3%, 27.5%, 0%, 3.1%)

LAB

lab(73.18, 6.69, -36.92)

LCH

lch(73.18, 37.52, 280.27)

OKLCH

oklch(77.1%, 0.1031, 266.27)

HWB

hwb(222.1, 58.8%, 3.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f7da96

Analogous

#96e3f7

#96b3f7

#a996f7

Triadic

#96b3f7

#f796b3

#b3f796

Split-complementary

#96b3f7

#f7a996

#e3f796

Tetradic

#96b3f7

#da96f7

#f7da96

#b3f796

Square

#96b3f7

#f796e3

#f7da96

#96f7a9

Shades

Color #96b3f7 mixed toward black.

#5886f2

#1b5aee

#0e41b8

#092b7b

#05163d

Tints

Color #96b3f7 mixed toward white.

#a7bff8

#b9ccfa

#cad9fb

#dce6fc

#edf2fe

Tones

Color #96b3f7 mixed toward gray.

#9eb6ef

#a6b9e7

#aebddf

#b6c0d7

#bec3ce

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.08:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.09:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.09:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a3a4e9 · ΔE 7.6

Deuteranopia

#a29fe5 · ΔE 9

Tritanopia

#98ddda · ΔE 25.4

Achromatopsia

#b4b4b4 · ΔE 20.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #96b3f7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#96b3f7]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#96b3f7 (#96b3f7) is rgb(150, 179, 247) in RGB.

No, #96b3f7 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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