#96BDBE#96BDBE

#96BDBE is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.042 H 198.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96BDBE
RGB	rgb(150, 189, 190)
HSL	hsl(182, 24%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(182, 21%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 0.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.93, -12.73, -4.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.93, 13.60, 200.64°)
OKLab	oklab(77.05% -0.0396 -0.0131)
OKLCH	oklch(77.05% 0.042 198.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.0668, 46.5954, 55.5880)
Luminance	0.4660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96BDBE #BE9796

analogous

#96BEAB #96BDBE #96A9BE

triadic

#96BDBE #BE96BD #BDBE96

tetradic

#96BDBE #AB96BE #BE9796 #A9BE96

square

#96BDBE #AB96BE #BE9796 #A9BE96

split-complementary

#96BDBE #BE96A9 #BEAB96

monochromatic

#538586 #70A5A7 #96BDBE #BCD5D5 #E2EDED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#96BDBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#96BDBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96BDBE

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96BDBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96BDBE	1.00	2.04	10.32	10.32
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B9BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B3BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#89C0BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96bdbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 189, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.042 198.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5d1d1',
    500: '#96bdbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96bdbe;
$custom-light: #b5d1d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96bdbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.5,
    "s": 23.529,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77045,
    "c": 0.04171,
    "h": 198.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96BDBE

secondary

#DED2D1

accent

#4644A2

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F9F9

border

#D0D2D2

text

#111414

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #96BDBE

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

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