#96A8AC#96A8AC

#96A8AC is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.021 H 212.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#96A8AC
RGBrgb(150, 168, 172)
HSLhsl(191, 12%, 63%)
HSVhsv(191, 13%, 67%)
CMYKcmyk(12.8%, 2.3%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LABlab(67.63, -5.43, -4.20)
CIE-LCHlch(67.63, 6.87, 217.67°)
OKLaboklab(71.88% -0.0177 -0.0113)
OKLCHoklch(71.88% 0.021 212.6)
XYZxyz(34.0249, 37.4672, 44.4610)
Luminance0.3747 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#96A8AC #AC9A96
analogous
#96ACA5 #96A8AC #969DAC
triadic
#96A8AC #AC96A8 #A8AC96
tetradic
#96A8AC #A596AC #AC9A96 #9DAC96
square
#96A8AC #A596AC #AC9A96 #9DAC96
split-complementary
#96A8AC #AC969D #ACA596
monochromatic
#586B6F #748C91 #96A8AC #B8C4C7 #DAE1E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47
#96A8AC on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49
#96A8AC on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96A8AC
8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##96A8AC#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##96A8AC1.002.478.498.49
#FFFFFF2.471.0021.0021.00
#0000008.4921.001.001.00
##0000008.4921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A5A6AC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A1A3AC
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#90AAA9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #96a8ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 168, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.021 212.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5c1c4',
    500: '#96a8ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #96a8ac;
$custom-light: #b5c1c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#96a8ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.909,
    "s": 11.702,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71884,
    "c": 0.02103,
    "h": 212.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#96A8AC
secondary
#D3CCCB
accent
#5C5096
background
#FBFBFC
surface
#F6F7F8
border
#D0D0D1
text
#111212
muted
#808181

Preview Lab

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#96A8AC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva