#96B8B2#96B8B2

#96B8B2 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.038 H 183.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96B8B2
RGB	rgb(150, 184, 178)
HSL	hsl(169, 19%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(169, 18%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.5%, 0%, 3.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.21, -12.69, -0.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.21, 12.72, 183.45°)
OKLab	oklab(75.57% -0.0377 -0.0022)
OKLCH	oklch(75.57% 0.038 183.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.7518, 43.9782, 48.6104)
Luminance	0.4398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96B8B2 #B8969C

analogous

#96B8A1 #96B8B2 #96ADB8

triadic

#96B8B2 #B296B8 #B8B296

tetradic

#96B8B2 #A196B8 #B8969C #ADB896

square

#96B8B2 #A196B8 #B8969C #ADB896

split-complementary

#96B8B2 #B896AD #B8A196

monochromatic

#557E77 #719F97 #96B8B2 #BBD1CD #DFE9E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#96B8B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#96B8B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96B8B2

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96B8B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96B8B2	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B4B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEAFB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8DB9B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96b8b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 184, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.038 183.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5cdc9',
    500: '#96b8b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96b8b2;
$custom-light: #b5cdc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96b8b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.412,
    "s": 19.318,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75572,
    "c": 0.03779,
    "h": 183.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96B8B2

secondary

#DBCFD1

accent

#48579E

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F9F8

border

#D0D2D1

text

#111313

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #96B8B2

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

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