#96BEDD#96BEDD

#96BEDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.062 H 241.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96BEDD
RGB	rgb(150, 190, 221)
HSL	hsl(206, 51%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(206, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.1%, 14%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.16, -6.02, -19.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.16, 20.70, 253.09°)
OKLab	oklab(78.33% -0.0291 -0.0544)
OKLCH	oklch(78.33% 0.062 241.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.0382, 48.5294, 75.4393)
Luminance	0.4853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96BEDD #DDB596

analogous

#96DDD8 #96BEDD #969ADD

triadic

#96BEDD #DD96BE #BEDD96

tetradic

#96BEDD #D896DD #DDB596 #9ADD96

square

#96BEDD #D896DD #DDB596 #9ADD96

split-complementary

#96BEDD #DD969A #DDD896

monochromatic

#3D84BC #68A1CE #96BEDD #C4DBEC #E8F1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#96BEDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#96BEDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96BEDD

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96BEDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96BEDD	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BDDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B6DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#80C6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96bedd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 190, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.062 241.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96bedd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.197,
    "s": 51.079,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78332,
    "c": 0.06165,
    "h": 241.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96BEDD

secondary

#EFE4DC

accent

#6927BE

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FC

border

#D0D2D5

text

#111416

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #96BEDD

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

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