#96B4AE#96B4AE

#96B4AE is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.034 H 181.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96B4AE
RGB	rgb(150, 180, 174)
HSL	hsl(168, 17%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(168, 17%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 0%, 3.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.00, -11.43, -0.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.00, 11.43, 181.77°)
OKLab	oklab(74.57% -0.0338 -0.0011)
OKLCH	oklch(74.57% 0.034 181.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.5369, 42.1815, 46.2530)
Luminance	0.4218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96B4AE #B4969C

analogous

#96B49F #96B4AE #96ABB4

triadic

#96B4AE #AE96B4 #B4AE96

tetradic

#96B4AE #9F96B4 #B4969C #ABB496

square

#96B4AE #9F96B4 #B4969C #ABB496

split-complementary

#96B4AE #B496AB #B49F96

monochromatic

#567972 #729B92 #96B4AE #BACECA #DDE7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#96B4AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#96B4AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96B4AE

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96B4AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96B4AE	1.00	2.23	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B0AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABACAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8EB5B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96b4ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 180, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.034 181.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5cac6',
    500: '#96b4ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96b4ae;
$custom-light: #b5cac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96b4ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7457,
    "c": 0.03387,
    "h": 181.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96B4AE

secondary

#D8CED0

accent

#4B5B9B

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F8F8

border

#D0D1D1

text

#111313

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #96B4AE

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

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