#96b9ee

Color #96b9ee

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 13.07 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#96b9ee

RGB

rgb(150, 185, 238)

HSL

hsl(216.1, 72.1%, 76.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.1, 37%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(37%, 22.3%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(74.41, 1, -30.14)

LCH

lch(74.41, 30.16, 271.9)

OKLCH

oklch(78%, 0.0852, 258.49)

HWB

hwb(216.1, 58.8%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eecb96

Analogous

#96e5ee

#96b9ee

#9f96ee

Triadic

#96b9ee

#ee96b9

#b9ee96

Split-complementary

#96b9ee

#ee9f96

#e5ee96

Tetradic

#96b9ee

#cb96ee

#eecb96

#b9ee96

Square

#96b9ee

#ee96e5

#eecb96

#96ee9f

Shades

Color #96b9ee mixed toward black.

#5e94e5

#276fdc

#1b53a7

#12376f

#091c38

Tints

Color #96b9ee mixed toward white.

#a8c5f1

#b9d0f4

#cbdcf6

#dce8f9

#eef3fc

Tones

Color #96b9ee mixed toward gray.

#9dbbe7

#a5bcdf

#acbed8

#b3bfd1

#bbc1c9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.01:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.47:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.47:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a6a7e3 · ΔE 9.6

Deuteranopia

#a4a2e0 · ΔE 10.6

Tritanopia

#98d9d7 · ΔE 21.7

Achromatopsia

#b7b7b7 · ΔE 18

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #96b9ee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#96b9ee]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#96b9ee (#96b9ee) is rgb(150, 185, 238) in RGB.

No, #96b9ee is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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