#96BDCD#96BDCD

#96BDCD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.048 H 224.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96BDCD
RGB	rgb(150, 189, 205)
HSL	hsl(197, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(197, 27%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.8%, 7.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.37, -9.33, -12.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.37, 15.44, 232.83°)
OKLab	oklab(77.54% -0.0337 -0.0335)
OKLCH	oklch(77.54% 0.048 224.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.7914, 47.2853, 64.6708)
Luminance	0.4729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96BDCD #CDA696

analogous

#96CDC2 #96BDCD #96A2CD

triadic

#96BDCD #CD96BD #BDCD96

tetradic

#96BDCD #C296CD #CDA696 #A2CD96

square

#96BDCD #C296CD #CDA696 #A2CD96

split-complementary

#96BDCD #CD96A2 #CDC296

monochromatic

#4B869E #6DA3B9 #96BDCD #BFD7E1 #E9F1F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#96BDCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#96BDCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96BDCD

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96BDCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96BDCD	1.00	2.01	10.46	10.46
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BBCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB4CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85C2C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96bdcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 189, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.048 224.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6d0dc',
    500: '#96bdcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96bdcd;
$custom-light: #b6d0dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96bdcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.455,
    "s": 35.484,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77541,
    "c": 0.04755,
    "h": 224.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96BDCD

secondary

#E7DCD8

accent

#5A37AE

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F9FB

border

#D0D2D4

text

#111415

muted

#808283

Preview Lab

Preview with #96BDCD

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

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