#96AEBE#96AEBE

#96AEBE is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.035 H 237.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96AEBE
RGB	rgb(150, 174, 190)
HSL	hsl(204, 24%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(204, 21%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 8.4%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.81, -4.75, -10.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.81, 11.91, 246.50°)
OKLab	oklab(73.78% -0.0191 -0.0296)
OKLCH	oklch(73.78% 0.035 237.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.0055, 40.4728, 54.5675)
Luminance	0.4047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96AEBE #BEA696

analogous

#96BEBA #96AEBE #969ABE

triadic

#96AEBE #BE96AE #AEBE96

tetradic

#96AEBE #BA96BE #BEA696 #9ABE96

square

#96AEBE #BA96BE #BEA696 #9ABE96

split-complementary

#96AEBE #BE969A #BEBA96

monochromatic

#537286 #7091A7 #96AEBE #BCCBD5 #E2E8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#96AEBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#96AEBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96AEBE

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96AEBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96AEBE	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ADBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A9BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8BB2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96aebe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 174, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.035 237.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5c6d1',
    500: '#96aebe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96aebe;
$custom-light: #b5c6d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96aebe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 23.529,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7378,
    "c": 0.03529,
    "h": 237.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96AEBE

secondary

#DED7D1

accent

#6944A2

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F8F9

border

#D0D1D2

text

#111314

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #96AEBE

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

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