#96A8AE#96A8AE

#96A8AE is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.022 H 219.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96A8AE
RGB	rgb(150, 168, 174)
HSL	hsl(195, 13%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(195, 14%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 3.4%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.68, -5.01, -5.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.68, 7.24, 226.18°)
OKLab	oklab(71.95% -0.0169 -0.0141)
OKLCH	oklch(71.95% 0.022 219.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.2184, 37.5446, 45.4802)
Luminance	0.3755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96A8AE #AE9C96

analogous

#96AEA8 #96A8AE #969CAE

triadic

#96A8AE #AE96A8 #A8AE96

tetradic

#96A8AE #A896AE #AE9C96 #9CAE96

square

#96A8AE #A896AE #AE9C96 #9CAE96

split-complementary

#96A8AE #AE969C #AEA896

monochromatic

#586B72 #738B93 #96A8AE #B9C5C9 #DBE1E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#96A8AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#96A8AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96A8AE

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96A8AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96A8AE	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A7AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A4AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90AAAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96a8ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 168, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.022 219.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5c1c6',
    500: '#96a8ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96a8ae;
$custom-light: #b5c1c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96a8ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 12.903,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71948,
    "c": 0.02202,
    "h": 219.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96A8AE

secondary

#D4CECC

accent

#614E97

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F7F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111213

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #96A8AE

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

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