#96BDCE#96BDCE

#96BDCE is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.048 H 226.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96BDCE
RGB	rgb(150, 189, 206)
HSL	hsl(198, 36%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(198, 27%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.2%, 8.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.40, -9.09, -12.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.40, 15.70, 234.61°)
OKLab	oklab(77.58% -0.0333 -0.0349)
OKLCH	oklch(77.58% 0.048 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.9125, 47.3337, 65.3085)
Luminance	0.4733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96BDCE #CEA796

analogous

#96CEC3 #96BDCE #96A1CE

triadic

#96BDCE #CE96BD #BDCE96

tetradic

#96BDCE #C396CE #CEA796 #A1CE96

square

#96BDCE #C396CE #CEA796 #A1CE96

split-complementary

#96BDCE #CE96A1 #CEC396

monochromatic

#4A859F #6CA3BB #96BDCE #C0D7E1 #E9F1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#96BDCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#96BDCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96BDCE

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96BDCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96BDCE	1.00	2.01	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BBCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB4CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85C2C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96bdce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 189, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.048 226.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6d0dd',
    500: '#96bdce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96bdce;
$custom-light: #b6d0dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96bdce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.214,
    "s": 36.364,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77576,
    "c": 0.04826,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96BDCE

secondary

#E8DDD8

accent

#5B36AF

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F9FB

border

#D0D2D4

text

#111415

muted

#808283

Preview Lab

Preview with #96BDCE

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

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