#96BCDD#96BCDD

#96BCDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.063 H 244.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96BCDD
RGB	rgb(150, 188, 221)
HSL	hsl(208, 51%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(208, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.1%, 14.9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.62, -4.95, -20.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.62, 21.21, 256.51°)
OKLab	oklab(77.91% -0.0265 -0.0566)
OKLCH	oklch(77.91% 0.063 244.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.6080, 47.6689, 75.2959)
Luminance	0.4767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96BCDD #DDB796

analogous

#96DDDA #96BCDD #9699DD

triadic

#96BCDD #DD96BC #BCDD96

tetradic

#96BCDD #DA96DD #DDB796 #99DD96

square

#96BCDD #DA96DD #DDB796 #99DD96

split-complementary

#96BCDD #DD9699 #DDDA96

monochromatic

#3D81BC #689FCE #96BCDD #C4D9EC #E8F0F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#96BCDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#96BCDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96BCDD

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96BCDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96BCDD	1.00	1.99	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBCDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B4DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#80C4C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96bcdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 188, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.063 244.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6d0e7',
    500: '#96bcdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96bcdd;
$custom-light: #b6d0e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96bcdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.887,
    "s": 51.079,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77905,
    "c": 0.06254,
    "h": 244.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96BCDD

secondary

#EFE5DC

accent

#6D27BE

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FC

border

#D0D2D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #96BCDD

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →