#96c8ea

Color #96c8ea

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 6.84 Nearest Tailwind class blue-300 #8ec5ff · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#96c8ea

RGB

rgb(150, 200, 234)

HSL

hsl(204.3, 66.7%, 75.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(204.3, 35.9%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(35.9%, 14.5%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(78.3, -8.1, -22.04)

LCH

lch(78.3, 23.48, 249.82)

OKLCH

oklch(81%, 0.0712, 238.5)

HWB

hwb(204.3, 58.8%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eab896

Analogous

#96eae2

#96c8ea

#969eea

Triadic

#96c8ea

#ea96c8

#c8ea96

Split-complementary

#96c8ea

#ea969e

#eae296

Tetradic

#96c8ea

#b896ea

#eab896

#c8ea96

Square

#96c8ea

#e296ea

#eab896

#9eea96

Shades

Color #96c8ea mixed toward black.

#61acdf

#2b90d5

#206ca0

#15486b

#0b2435

Tints

Color #96c8ea mixed toward white.

#a8d1ee

#b9daf1

#cbe3f5

#dcedf8

#eef6fc

Tones

Color #96c8ea mixed toward gray.

#9dc7e3

#a4c5dc

#abc4d5

#b2c3ce

#b9c1c7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.79:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.75:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.75:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#aeaee2 · ΔE 15.9

Deuteranopia

#aba7e1 · ΔE 16.8

Tritanopia

#99dcdb · ΔE 14.9

Achromatopsia

#c2c2c2 · ΔE 16

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #96c8ea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#96c8ea]

Related colors

Charcoal #36454f

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Steel Blue #4682b4

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Light Slate Gray #778899

Frequently asked questions

#96c8ea (#96c8ea) is rgb(150, 200, 234) in RGB.

No, #96c8ea is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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