#96B4AA#96B4AA

#96B4AA is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.036 H 173.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96B4AA
RGB	rgb(150, 180, 170)
HSL	hsl(160, 17%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(160, 17%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 0%, 5.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.89, -12.25, 1.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.89, 12.37, 172.15°)
OKLab	oklab(74.45% -0.0355 0.0043)
OKLCH	oklch(74.45% 0.036 173.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.1528, 42.0279, 44.2298)
Luminance	0.4203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96B4AA #B496A0

analogous

#96B49B #96B4AA #96AFB4

triadic

#96B4AA #AA96B4 #B4AA96

tetradic

#96B4AA #9B96B4 #B496A0 #AFB496

square

#96B4AA #9B96B4 #B496A0 #AFB496

split-complementary

#96B4AA #B496AF #B49B96

monochromatic

#56796E #729B8D #96B4AA #BACEC7 #DDE7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#96B4AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#96B4AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96B4AA

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96B4AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96B4AA	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B0AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACACAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FB5B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96b4aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 180, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.036 173.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5cac3',
    500: '#96b4aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96b4aa;
$custom-light: #b5cac3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96b4aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74451,
    "c": 0.03578,
    "h": 173.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96B4AA

secondary

#D8CED1

accent

#4B659B

background

#FBFCFB

surface

#F6F8F7

border

#D0D1D0

text

#111312

muted

#808281

Preview Lab

Preview with #96B4AA

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

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