#96BCDE#96BCDE

#96BCDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.064 H 245.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96BCDE
RGB	rgb(150, 188, 222)
HSL	hsl(208, 52%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(208, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.4%, 15.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.65, -4.70, -21.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.65, 21.64, 257.45°)
OKLab	oklab(77.94% -0.0261 -0.058)
OKLCH	oklch(77.94% 0.064 245.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.7417, 47.7224, 75.9996)
Luminance	0.4772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96BCDE #DEB896

analogous

#96DEDC #96BCDE #9698DE

triadic

#96BCDE #DE96BC #BCDE96

tetradic

#96BCDE #DC96DE #DEB896 #98DE96

square

#96BCDE #DC96DE #DEB896 #98DE96

split-complementary

#96BCDE #DE9698 #DEDC96

monochromatic

#3C80BE #679ECF #96BCDE #C5DAED #E8F0F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#96BCDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#96BCDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96BCDE

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96BCDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96BCDE	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBCE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B4DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7FC4C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96bcde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 188, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.064 245.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6d0e8',
    500: '#96bcde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96bcde;
$custom-light: #b6d0e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96bcde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.333,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77943,
    "c": 0.06365,
    "h": 245.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96BCDE

secondary

#EFE5DC

accent

#6E26C0

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FC

border

#D0D2D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #96BCDE

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

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