#96BCBE#96BCBE

#96BCBE is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.041 H 200.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96BCBE
RGB	rgb(150, 188, 190)
HSL	hsl(183, 24%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(183, 21%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 1.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.65, -12.20, -5.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.65, 13.27, 203.09°)
OKLab	oklab(76.83% -0.0383 -0.0142)
OKLCH	oklch(76.83% 0.041 200.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.8525, 46.1667, 55.5165)
Luminance	0.4617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96BCBE #BE9896

analogous

#96BEAC #96BCBE #96A8BE

triadic

#96BCBE #BE96BC #BCBE96

tetradic

#96BCBE #AC96BE #BE9896 #A8BE96

square

#96BCBE #AC96BE #BE9896 #A8BE96

split-complementary

#96BCBE #BE96A8 #BEAC96

monochromatic

#538486 #70A4A7 #96BCBE #BCD4D5 #E2ECED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#96BCBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#96BCBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96BCBE

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96BCBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96BCBE	1.00	2.05	10.23	10.23
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B8BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB3BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8ABFBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96bcbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 188, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.041 200.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5d0d1',
    500: '#96bcbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96bcbe;
$custom-light: #b5d0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96bcbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183,
    "s": 23.529,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76825,
    "c": 0.0408,
    "h": 200.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96BCBE

secondary

#DED2D1

accent

#4844A2

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F9F9

border

#D0D2D2

text

#111414

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #96BCBE

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

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