#96BBEE#96BBEE

#96BBEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.083 H 256.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96BBEE
RGB	rgb(150, 187, 238)
HSL	hsl(215, 72%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(215, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(37%, 21.4%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.95, -0.09, -29.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.95, 29.32, 269.82°)
OKLab	oklab(78.36% -0.0195 -0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(78.36% 0.083 256.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.7758, 48.1954, 87.7630)
Luminance	0.4820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96BBEE #EEC996

analogous

#96E7EE #96BBEE #9D96EE

triadic

#96BBEE #EE96BB #BBEE96

tetradic

#96BBEE #EE96E7 #EEC996 #96EE9D

square

#96BBEE #EE96E7 #EEC996 #96EE9D

split-complementary

#96BBEE #EE9D96 #E7EE96

monochromatic

#2D77DD #6199E5 #96BBEE #CBDDF7 #E5EEFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#96BBEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#96BBEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96BBEE

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96BBEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96BBEE	1.00	1.97	10.64	10.64
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9BDF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB5ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79C6CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96bbee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 187, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.083 256.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7cff3',
    500: '#96bbee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96bbee;
$custom-light: #b7cff3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96bbee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.773,
    "s": 72.131,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78365,
    "c": 0.08349,
    "h": 256.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96BBEE

secondary

#F2E8D9

accent

#8211D4

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FD

border

#D0D2D5

text

#111317

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #96BBEE

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

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