#96BCDF#96BCDF

#96BCDF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.065 H 246.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96BCDF
RGB	rgb(150, 188, 223)
HSL	hsl(209, 53%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(209, 33%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.7%, 15.7%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.68, -4.45, -21.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.68, 22.06, 258.36°)
OKLab	oklab(77.98% -0.0258 -0.0594)
OKLCH	oklch(77.98% 0.065 246.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.8761, 47.7762, 76.7076)
Luminance	0.4778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96BCDF #DFB996

analogous

#96DFDD #96BCDF #9697DF

triadic

#96BCDF #DF96BC #BCDF96

tetradic

#96BCDF #DD96DF #DFB996 #97DF96

square

#96BCDF #DD96DF #DFB996 #97DF96

split-complementary

#96BCDF #DF9697 #DFDD96

monochromatic

#3B80C0 #679ED1 #96BCDF #C5DAED #E8F0F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#96BCDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#96BCDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96BCDF

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96BCDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96BCDF	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBCE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B4DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7FC4C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96bcdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 188, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.065 246.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6d0e9',
    500: '#96bcdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96bcdf;
$custom-light: #b6d0e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96bcdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.767,
    "s": 53.285,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77981,
    "c": 0.06476,
    "h": 246.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96BCDF

secondary

#EFE5DC

accent

#7025C1

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FC

border

#D0D2D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #96BCDF

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

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