#96BDED#96BDED

#96BDED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.081 H 253.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96BDED
RGB	rgb(150, 189, 237)
HSL	hsl(213, 71%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(213, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.7%, 20.3%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.45, -1.44, -28.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.45, 28.05, 267.06°)
OKLab	oklab(78.74% -0.0223 -0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(78.74% 0.081 253.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.0565, 48.9913, 87.1338)
Luminance	0.4899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96BDED #EDC696

analogous

#96E9ED #96BDED #9A96ED

triadic

#96BDED #ED96BD #BDED96

tetradic

#96BDED #ED96E9 #EDC696 #96ED9A

square

#96BDED #ED96E9 #EDC696 #96ED9A

split-complementary

#96BDED #ED9A96 #E9ED96

monochromatic

#2E7BDB #629CE4 #96BDED #CADEF6 #E5EFFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#96BDED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#96BDED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96BDED

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96BDED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96BDED	1.00	1.94	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBFEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B6EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79C8CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96bded;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 189, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.081 253.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7d0f3',
    500: '#96bded',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96bded;
$custom-light: #b7d0f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96bded",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.103,
    "s": 70.732,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78744,
    "c": 0.08064,
    "h": 253.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96BDED

secondary

#F2E7D9

accent

#7D13D3

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FD

border

#D0D2D5

text

#111417

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #96BDED

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

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