#96BCED#96BCED

#96BCED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.081 H 255.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96BCED
RGB	rgb(150, 188, 237)
HSL	hsl(214, 71%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(214, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.7%, 20.7%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.18, -0.90, -28.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.18, 28.44, 268.19°)
OKLab	oklab(78.53% -0.0211 -0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(78.53% 0.081 255)
XYZ	xyz(45.8422, 48.5626, 87.0624)
Luminance	0.4857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96BCED #EDC796

analogous

#96E7ED #96BCED #9B96ED

triadic

#96BCED #ED96BC #BCED96

tetradic

#96BCED #ED96E7 #EDC796 #96ED9B

square

#96BCED #ED96E7 #EDC796 #96ED9B

split-complementary

#96BCED #ED9B96 #E7ED96

monochromatic

#2E79DB #629BE4 #96BCED #CADDF6 #E5EEFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#96BCED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#96BCED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96BCED

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96BCED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96BCED	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AABEEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B5EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7AC7CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96bced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 188, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.081 255.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7d0f3',
    500: '#96bced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96bced;
$custom-light: #b7d0f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96bced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.793,
    "s": 70.732,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78534,
    "c": 0.08142,
    "h": 255
  },
  "luminance": 0.48565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96BCED

secondary

#F2E7D9

accent

#7F13D3

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FD

border

#D0D2D5

text

#111317

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #96BCED

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

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