#96BAB4#96BAB4

#96BAB4 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.040 H 184.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96BAB4
RGB	rgb(150, 186, 180)
HSL	hsl(170, 21%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(170, 19%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.4%, 0%, 3.2%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.82, -13.32, -0.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.82, 13.35, 184.15°)
OKLab	oklab(76.07% -0.0396 -0.0028)
OKLCH	oklch(76.07% 0.04 184)
XYZ	xyz(38.3725, 44.8959, 49.8152)
Luminance	0.4490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96BAB4 #BA969C

analogous

#96BAA2 #96BAB4 #96AEBA

triadic

#96BAB4 #B496BA #BAB496

tetradic

#96BAB4 #A296BA #BA969C #AEBA96

square

#96BAB4 #A296BA #BA969C #AEBA96

split-complementary

#96BAB4 #BA96AE #BAA296

monochromatic

#55817A #71A29A #96BAB4 #BBD2CE #E0EBE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#96BAB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#96BAB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96BAB4

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96BAB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96BAB4	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B6B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB1B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8CBCB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96bab4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 186, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.040 184.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5ceca',
    500: '#96bab4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96bab4;
$custom-light: #b5ceca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96bab4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170,
    "s": 20.69,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76074,
    "c": 0.03973,
    "h": 184
  },
  "luminance": 0.44897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96BAB4

secondary

#DCD0D2

accent

#46559F

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F9F8

border

#D0D2D1

text

#111313

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #96BAB4

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

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