#96BDEB#96BDEB

#96BDEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.078 H 252.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96BDEB
RGB	rgb(150, 189, 235)
HSL	hsl(212, 68%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(212, 36%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.2%, 19.6%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.37, -1.95, -27.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.37, 27.12, 265.87°)
OKLab	oklab(78.66% -0.023 -0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(78.66% 0.078 252.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.7660, 48.8751, 85.6035)
Luminance	0.4888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96BDEB #EBC496

analogous

#96E7EB #96BDEB #9996EB

triadic

#96BDEB #EB96BD #BDEB96

tetradic

#96BDEB #EB96E7 #EBC496 #96EB99

square

#96BDEB #EB96E7 #EBC496 #96EB99

split-complementary

#96BDEB #EB9996 #E7EB96

monochromatic

#2F7CD7 #639DE1 #96BDEB #C9DDF5 #E5EFFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#96BDEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#96BDEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96BDEB

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96BDEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96BDEB	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBEED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B6EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7AC7CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96bdeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 189, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.078 252.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7d0f1',
    500: '#96bdeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96bdeb;
$custom-light: #b7d0f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96bdeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.471,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78663,
    "c": 0.0782,
    "h": 252.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96BDEB

secondary

#F2E6D9

accent

#7A16D0

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FD

border

#D0D2D5

text

#111416

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #96BDEB

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

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