#96BDEE#96BDEE

#96BDEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.082 H 254.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96BDEE
RGB	rgb(150, 189, 238)
HSL	hsl(213, 72%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(213, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(37%, 20.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.48, -1.18, -28.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.48, 28.53, 267.63°)
OKLab	oklab(78.79% -0.022 -0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(78.79% 0.082 254.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.2030, 49.0499, 87.9054)
Luminance	0.4905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96BDEE #EEC796

analogous

#96E9EE #96BDEE #9B96EE

triadic

#96BDEE #EE96BD #BDEE96

tetradic

#96BDEE #EE96E9 #EEC796 #96EE9B

square

#96BDEE #EE96E9 #EEC796 #96EE9B

split-complementary

#96BDEE #EE9B96 #E9EE96

monochromatic

#2D7BDD #619CE5 #96BDEE #CBDEF7 #E5EEFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#96BDEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#96BDEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96BDEE

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96BDEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96BDEE	1.00	1.94	10.81	10.81
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBFF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B6ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79C8CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96bdee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 189, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.082 254.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96bdee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.409,
    "s": 72.131,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78785,
    "c": 0.08187,
    "h": 254.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96BDEE

secondary

#F2E7D9

accent

#7E11D4

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FD

border

#D0D2D5

text

#111417

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #96BDEE

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

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