#96BCBF#96BCBF

#96BCBF is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.041 H 202.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96BCBF
RGB	rgb(150, 188, 191)
HSL	hsl(184, 24%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(184, 21%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.5%, 1.6%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.68, -11.98, -5.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.68, 13.27, 205.46°)
OKLab	oklab(76.86% -0.0379 -0.0155)
OKLCH	oklch(76.86% 0.041 202.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.9621, 46.2106, 56.0941)
Luminance	0.4621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96BCBF #BF9996

analogous

#96BFAE #96BCBF #96A8BF

triadic

#96BCBF #BF96BC #BCBF96

tetradic

#96BCBF #AE96BF #BF9996 #A8BF96

square

#96BCBF #AE96BF #BF9996 #A8BF96

split-complementary

#96BCBF #BF96A8 #BFAE96

monochromatic

#538488 #70A4A8 #96BCBF #BCD4D6 #E2EDED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#96BCBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#96BCBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96BCBF

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96BCBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96BCBF	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B8BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB3BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#89BFBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96bcbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 188, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.041 202.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5d0d2',
    500: '#96bcbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96bcbf;
$custom-light: #b5d0d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96bcbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.39,
    "s": 24.26,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76857,
    "c": 0.04092,
    "h": 202.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96BCBF

secondary

#DFD3D2

accent

#4A43A3

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F9F9

border

#D0D2D2

text

#111414

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #96BCBF

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

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