#96BCDB#96BCDB

#96BCDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.060 H 243.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96BCDB
RGB	rgb(150, 188, 219)
HSL	hsl(207, 49%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(207, 32%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.5%, 14.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.55, -5.44, -19.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.55, 20.38, 254.52°)
OKLab	oklab(77.83% -0.0272 -0.0539)
OKLCH	oklch(77.83% 0.06 243.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.3432, 47.5630, 73.9009)
Luminance	0.4757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96BCDB #DBB596

analogous

#96DBD8 #96BCDB #9699DB

triadic

#96BCDB #DB96BC #BCDB96

tetradic

#96BCDB #D896DB #DBB596 #99DB96

square

#96BCDB #D896DB #DBB596 #99DB96

split-complementary

#96BCDB #DB9699 #DBD896

monochromatic

#3F81B8 #689FCB #96BCDB #C4D9EB #E8F0F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#96BCDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#96BCDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96BCDB

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96BCDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96BCDB	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBCDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B4DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#80C3C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96bcdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 188, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.060 243.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6d0e6',
    500: '#96bcdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96bcdb;
$custom-light: #b6d0e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96bcdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.957,
    "s": 48.936,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7783,
    "c": 0.06038,
    "h": 243.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96BCDB

secondary

#EEE5DD

accent

#6B29BC

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FC

border

#D0D2D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #96BCDB

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

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