#96BCCE#96BCCE

#96BCCE is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.048 H 228.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96BCCE
RGB	rgb(150, 188, 206)
HSL	hsl(199, 36%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(199, 27%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.2%, 8.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.13, -8.56, -13.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.13, 15.74, 237.05°)
OKLab	oklab(77.36% -0.032 -0.036)
OKLCH	oklch(77.36% 0.048 228.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.6981, 46.9050, 65.2371)
Luminance	0.4691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96BCCE #CEA896

analogous

#96CEC4 #96BCCE #96A0CE

triadic

#96BCCE #CE96BC #BCCE96

tetradic

#96BCCE #C496CE #CEA896 #A0CE96

square

#96BCCE #C496CE #CEA896 #A0CE96

split-complementary

#96BCCE #CE96A0 #CEC496

monochromatic

#4A849F #6CA1BB #96BCCE #C0D7E1 #E9F1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#96BCCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#96BCCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96BCCE

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96BCCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96BCCE	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BACF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB3CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85C1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96bcce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 188, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.048 228.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6d0dd',
    500: '#96bcce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96bcce;
$custom-light: #b6d0dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96bcce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.286,
    "s": 36.364,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7736,
    "c": 0.04819,
    "h": 228.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96BCCE

secondary

#E8DDD8

accent

#5D36AF

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F9FB

border

#D0D2D4

text

#111415

muted

#808283

Preview Lab

Preview with #96BCCE

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

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