#96BDD4#96BDD4

#96BDD4 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.053 H 234.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96BDD4
RGB	rgb(150, 189, 212)
HSL	hsl(202, 42%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(202, 29%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.2%, 10.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.59, -7.67, -15.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.59, 17.55, 244.07°)
OKLab	oklab(77.79% -0.0311 -0.0431)
OKLCH	oklch(77.79% 0.053 234.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.6553, 47.6308, 69.2207)
Luminance	0.4763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96BDD4 #D4AD96

analogous

#96D4CC #96BDD4 #969ED4

triadic

#96BDD4 #D496BD #BDD496

tetradic

#96BDD4 #CC96D4 #D4AD96 #9ED496

square

#96BDD4 #CC96D4 #D4AD96 #9ED496

split-complementary

#96BDD4 #D4969E #D4CC96

monochromatic

#4685AA #6BA2C2 #96BDD4 #C1D8E6 #E9F1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#96BDD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#96BDD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96BDD4

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96BDD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96BDD4	1.00	1.99	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BCD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB4D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83C3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96bdd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 189, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.053 234.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6d0e1',
    500: '#96bdd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96bdd4;
$custom-light: #b6d0e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96bdd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.258,
    "s": 41.892,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77788,
    "c": 0.05316,
    "h": 234.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96BDD4

secondary

#EBE1DB

accent

#6231B5

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F9FB

border

#D0D2D4

text

#111415

muted

#808283

Preview Lab

Preview with #96BDD4

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

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