#96BDCF#96BDCF

#96BDCF is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.049 H 227.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96BDCF
RGB	rgb(150, 189, 207)
HSL	hsl(199, 37%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(199, 28%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.5%, 8.7%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.43, -8.86, -13.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.43, 15.98, 236.33°)
OKLab	oklab(77.61% -0.0329 -0.0363)
OKLCH	oklch(77.61% 0.049 227.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.0344, 47.3824, 65.9503)
Luminance	0.4738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96BDCF #CFA896

analogous

#96CFC4 #96BDCF #96A1CF

triadic

#96BDCF #CF96BD #BDCF96

tetradic

#96BDCF #C496CF #CFA896 #A1CF96

square

#96BDCF #C496CF #CFA896 #A1CF96

split-complementary

#96BDCF #CF96A1 #CFC496

monochromatic

#4A85A1 #6CA3BC #96BDCF #C0D7E2 #EAF2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#96BDCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#96BDCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96BDCF

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96BDCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96BDCF	1.00	2.00	10.48	10.48
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BBD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB4CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84C2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96bdcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 189, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.049 227.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96bdcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.947,
    "s": 37.255,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77611,
    "c": 0.049,
    "h": 227.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96BDCF

secondary

#E8DDD8

accent

#5C35B0

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F9FB

border

#D0D2D4

text

#111415

muted

#808283

Preview Lab

Preview with #96BDCF

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

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