#96A6AE#96A6AE

#96A6AE is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.021 H 229.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96A6AE
RGB	rgb(150, 166, 174)
HSL	hsl(200, 13%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(200, 14%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 4.6%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.14, -3.92, -6.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.14, 7.20, 236.96°)
OKLab	oklab(71.52% -0.014 -0.0163)
OKLCH	oklch(71.52% 0.022 229.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.8520, 36.8118, 45.3581)
Luminance	0.3681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96A6AE #AE9E96

analogous

#96AEAA #96A6AE #969AAE

triadic

#96A6AE #AE96A6 #A6AE96

tetradic

#96A6AE #AA96AE #AE9E96 #9AAE96

square

#96A6AE #AA96AE #AE9E96 #9AAE96

split-complementary

#96A6AE #AE969A #AEAA96

monochromatic

#586972 #738993 #96A6AE #B9C3C9 #DBE1E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#96A6AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#96A6AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96A6AE

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96A6AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96A6AE	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A5AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA2AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90A8A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96a6ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 166, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.021 229.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5c0c6',
    500: '#96a6ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96a6ae;
$custom-light: #b5c0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96a6ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 12.903,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71516,
    "c": 0.0215,
    "h": 229.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96A6AE

secondary

#D4CECC

accent

#674E97

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F7F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111213

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #96A6AE

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

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