#96AEB4#96AEB4

#96AEB4 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.028 H 214.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96AEB4
RGB	rgb(150, 174, 180)
HSL	hsl(192, 17%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(192, 17%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 3.3%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.51, -6.96, -5.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.51, 9.09, 220.03°)
OKLab	oklab(73.45% -0.023 -0.0158)
OKLCH	oklch(73.45% 0.028 214.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.9498, 40.0505, 49.0076)
Luminance	0.4005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96AEB4 #B49C96

analogous

#96B4AB #96AEB4 #969FB4

triadic

#96AEB4 #B496AE #AEB496

tetradic

#96AEB4 #AB96B4 #B49C96 #9FB496

square

#96AEB4 #AB96B4 #B49C96 #9FB496

split-complementary

#96AEB4 #B4969F #B4AB96

monochromatic

#567279 #72929B #96AEB4 #BACACE #DDE5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#96AEB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#96AEB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96AEB4

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96AEB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96AEB4	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9ACB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A8B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8EB1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96aeb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 174, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.028 214.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5c6ca',
    500: '#96aeb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96aeb4;
$custom-light: #b5c6ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96aeb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73445,
    "c": 0.02795,
    "h": 214.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96AEB4

secondary

#D8D0CE

accent

#5B4B9B

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F8F8

border

#D0D1D1

text

#111313

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #96AEB4

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

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