#96BEDC#96BEDC

#96BEDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.061 H 240.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96BEDC
RGB	rgb(150, 190, 220)
HSL	hsl(206, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(206, 32%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.8%, 13.6%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.12, -6.26, -19.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.12, 20.30, 252.03°)
OKLab	oklab(78.3% -0.0294 -0.053)
OKLCH	oklch(78.3% 0.061 240.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.9054, 48.4762, 74.7397)
Luminance	0.4848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96BEDC #DCB496

analogous

#96DCD7 #96BEDC #969BDC

triadic

#96BEDC #DC96BE #BEDC96

tetradic

#96BEDC #D796DC #DCB496 #9BDC96

square

#96BEDC #D796DC #DCB496 #9BDC96

split-complementary

#96BEDC #DC969B #DCD796

monochromatic

#3E85BA #68A2CD #96BEDC #C4DAEB #E8F1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#96BEDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#96BEDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96BEDC

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96BEDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96BEDC	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BDDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B6DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#80C5C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96bedc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 190, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.061 240.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6d1e7',
    500: '#96bedc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96bedc;
$custom-light: #b6d1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96bedc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.714,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78295,
    "c": 0.06062,
    "h": 240.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96BEDC

secondary

#EEE4DD

accent

#6828BD

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FC

border

#D0D2D5

text

#111416

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #96BEDC

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

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