#96BCAE#96BCAE

#96BCAE is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.045 H 170.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96BCAE
RGB	rgb(150, 188, 174)
HSL	hsl(158, 22%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(158, 20%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 0%, 7.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.22, -15.60, 2.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.22, 15.87, 169.50°)
OKLab	oklab(76.34% -0.0449 0.0074)
OKLCH	oklch(76.34% 0.045 170.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.1988, 45.5052, 46.8070)
Luminance	0.4551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96BCAE #BC96A4

analogous

#96BC9B #96BCAE #96B7BC

triadic

#96BCAE #AE96BC #BCAE96

tetradic

#96BCAE #9B96BC #BC96A4 #B7BC96

square

#96BCAE #9B96BC #BC96A4 #B7BC96

split-complementary

#96BCAE #BC96B7 #BC9B96

monochromatic

#548472 #71A491 #96BCAE #BBD4CB #E1ECE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#96BCAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#96BCAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96BCAE

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96BCAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96BCAE	1.00	2.08	10.10	10.10
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB7AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B2AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8EBDB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96bcae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 188, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.045 170.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5d0c6',
    500: '#96bcae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96bcae;
$custom-light: #b5d0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96bcae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.895,
    "s": 22.093,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76341,
    "c": 0.04547,
    "h": 170.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96BCAE

secondary

#DDD1D5

accent

#4567A1

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F9F8

border

#D0D2D1

text

#111413

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #96BCAE

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

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