#96BECD#96BECD

#96BECD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.048 H 222.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96BECD
RGB	rgb(150, 190, 205)
HSL	hsl(196, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(196, 27%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.8%, 7.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.65, -9.86, -11.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.65, 15.45, 230.35°)
OKLab	oklab(77.76% -0.035 -0.0324)
OKLCH	oklch(77.76% 0.048 222.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.0073, 47.7170, 64.7427)
Luminance	0.4772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96BECD #CDA596

analogous

#96CDC1 #96BECD #96A3CD

triadic

#96BECD #CD96BE #BECD96

tetradic

#96BECD #C196CD #CDA596 #A3CD96

square

#96BECD #C196CD #CDA596 #A3CD96

split-complementary

#96BECD #CD96A3 #CDC196

monochromatic

#4B879E #6DA4B9 #96BECD #BFD8E1 #E9F1F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#96BECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#96BECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96BECD

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96BECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96BECD	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BCCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB5CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85C3C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96becd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 190, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.048 222.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6d1dc',
    500: '#96becd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96becd;
$custom-light: #b6d1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96becd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 35.484,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77759,
    "c": 0.04772,
    "h": 222.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96BECD

secondary

#E7DCD8

accent

#5837AE

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F9FB

border

#D0D2D4

text

#111415

muted

#808283

Preview Lab

Preview with #96BECD

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

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