#96ADCD#96ADCD

#96ADCD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.053 H 256.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96ADCD
RGB	rgb(150, 173, 205)
HSL	hsl(215, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(215, 27%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.8%, 15.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.02, -0.70, -18.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.02, 18.88, 267.86°)
OKLab	oklab(74.11% -0.0122 -0.0516)
OKLCH	oklch(74.11% 0.053 256.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.5376, 40.7776, 63.5862)
Luminance	0.4078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96ADCD #CDB696

analogous

#96C9CD #96ADCD #9B96CD

triadic

#96ADCD #CD96AD #ADCD96

tetradic

#96ADCD #CD96C9 #CDB696 #96CD9B

square

#96ADCD #CD96C9 #CDB696 #96CD9B

split-complementary

#96ADCD #CD9B96 #C9CD96

monochromatic

#4B6E9E #6D8DB9 #96ADCD #BFCDE1 #E9EEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#96ADCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#96ADCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96ADCD

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96ADCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96ADCD	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2AECF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA9CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87B4B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96adcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 173, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.053 256.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6c5dc',
    500: '#96adcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96adcd;
$custom-light: #b6c5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96adcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.909,
    "s": 35.484,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7411,
    "c": 0.05307,
    "h": 256.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96ADCD

secondary

#E7E1D8

accent

#7D37AE

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F8FB

border

#D0D1D4

text

#111215

muted

#808183

Preview Lab

Preview with #96ADCD

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

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