#96A4AE#96A4AE

#96A4AE is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.022 H 238.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96A4AE
RGB	rgb(150, 164, 174)
HSL	hsl(205, 13%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(205, 14%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 5.7%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.59, -2.83, -6.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.59, 7.40, 247.53°)
OKLab	oklab(71.08% -0.0112 -0.0184)
OKLCH	oklch(71.08% 0.022 238.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.4913, 36.0903, 45.2378)
Luminance	0.3609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96A4AE #AEA096

analogous

#96AEAC #96A4AE #9698AE

triadic

#96A4AE #AE96A4 #A4AE96

tetradic

#96A4AE #AC96AE #AEA096 #98AE96

square

#96A4AE #AC96AE #AEA096 #98AE96

split-complementary

#96A4AE #AE9698 #AEAC96

monochromatic

#586772 #738693 #96A4AE #B9C2C9 #DBE0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#96A4AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#96A4AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96A4AE

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96A4AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96A4AE	1.00	2.56	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A4AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA1AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90A7A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96a4ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 164, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.022 238.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5bfc6',
    500: '#96a4ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96a4ae;
$custom-light: #b5bfc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96a4ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205,
    "s": 12.903,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71085,
    "c": 0.02157,
    "h": 238.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96A4AE

secondary

#D4CFCC

accent

#6D4E97

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111213

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #96A4AE

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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