#96AFE5 — Blue

#96AFE5 is a blue in the Blue family. In practice it looks like a soft, dusty light cornflower blue, and it is also commonly known as Cornflower Blue, Periwinkle. Below are all of its color space values, an 11-step scale, harmony palettes and accessibility data.

#96AFE5 color swatch, blue#96AFE5
CSS Namelightsteelblue (closest)

Tints and shades (50–950)

50#f3f5fa
100#e6eaf3
200#d0d9ec
300#b1c0e1
400#8ca2d0
500#728ac1
600#6178ac
700#4e6393
800#40537b
900#36466a
950#1e2840

Accessibility

Contrast on white
2.20:1
Contrast on black
9.56:1
  • AA (4.5:1) on whiteFail
  • AA Large (3:1) on whiteFail
  • AAA (7:1) on whiteFail
  • AAA Large (4.5:1) on whiteFail
  • UI components (3:1) on whiteFail

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Complementary palette

Analogous palette

Triadic palette

Copy-ready CSS

brand-scale.css
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.971 0.006 265.2); /* #f3f5fa */
  --brand-100: oklch(0.936 0.013 265.2); /* #e6eaf3 */
  --brand-200: oklch(0.885 0.027 265.2); /* #d0d9ec */
  --brand-300: oklch(0.808 0.049 265.2); /* #b1c0e1 */
  --brand-400: oklch(0.712 0.072 265.2); /* #8ca2d0 */
  --brand-500: oklch(0.637 0.087 265.2); /* #728ac1 */
  --brand-600: oklch(0.577 0.085 265.2); /* #6178ac */
  --brand-700: oklch(0.505 0.08 265.2); /* #4e6393 */
  --brand-800: oklch(0.444 0.071 265.2); /* #40537b */
  --brand-900: oklch(0.396 0.064 265.2); /* #36466a */
  --brand-950: oklch(0.281 0.045 265.2); /* #1e2840 */
}

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