#96AEAE#96AEAE

#96AEAE is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.027 H 196.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96AEAE
RGB	rgb(150, 174, 174)
HSL	hsl(180, 13%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(180, 14%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 0%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.33, -8.24, -2.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.33, 8.70, 198.68°)
OKLab	oklab(73.25% -0.0254 -0.0076)
OKLCH	oklch(73.25% 0.027 196.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.3518, 39.8113, 45.8580)
Luminance	0.3981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96AEAE #AE9696

analogous

#96AEA2 #96AEAE #96A2AE

triadic

#96AEAE #AE96AE #AEAE96

tetradic

#96AEAE #A296AE #AE9696 #A2AE96

square

#96AEAE #A296AE #AE9696 #A2AE96

split-complementary

#96AEAE #AE96A2 #AEA296

monochromatic

#587272 #739393 #96AEAE #B9C9C9 #DBE3E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#96AEAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#96AEAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96AEAE

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96AEAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96AEAE	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABABAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A8AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FB0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96aeae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 174, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.027 196.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5c6c6',
    500: '#96aeae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96aeae;
$custom-light: #b5c6c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96aeae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 12.903,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73253,
    "c": 0.02655,
    "h": 196.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96AEAE

secondary

#D4CCCC

accent

#4E4E97

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F8F8

border

#D0D1D1

text

#111313

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #96AEAE

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

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