#96BFDD#96BFDD

#96BFDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.061 H 240.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96BFDD
RGB	rgb(150, 191, 221)
HSL	hsl(205, 51%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(205, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.1%, 13.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.43, -6.55, -19.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.43, 20.47, 251.33°)
OKLab	oklab(78.55% -0.0304 -0.0532)
OKLCH	oklch(78.55% 0.061 240.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.2556, 48.9640, 75.5117)
Luminance	0.4897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96BFDD #DDB496

analogous

#96DDD7 #96BFDD #969BDD

triadic

#96BFDD #DD96BF #BFDD96

tetradic

#96BFDD #D796DD #DDB496 #9BDD96

square

#96BFDD #D796DD #DDB496 #9BDD96

split-complementary

#96BFDD #DD969B #DDD796

monochromatic

#3D86BC #68A3CE #96BFDD #C4DBEC #E8F1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#96BFDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#96BFDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96BFDD

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96BFDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96BFDD	1.00	1.95	10.79	10.79
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BEDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B6DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7FC6C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96bfdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 191, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.061 240.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6d2e7',
    500: '#96bfdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96bfdd;
$custom-light: #b6d2e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96bfdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.352,
    "s": 51.079,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78546,
    "c": 0.06127,
    "h": 240.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96BFDD

secondary

#EFE4DC

accent

#6727BE

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FC

border

#D0D2D5

text

#111416

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #96BFDD

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

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