#96BFDE#96BFDE

#96BFDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.062 H 241.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96BFDE
RGB	rgb(150, 191, 222)
HSL	hsl(206, 52%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(206, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.4%, 14%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.46, -6.31, -19.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.46, 20.86, 252.40°)
OKLab	oklab(78.58% -0.03 -0.0546)
OKLCH	oklch(78.58% 0.062 241.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.3892, 49.0175, 76.2155)
Luminance	0.4902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#96BFDE #DEB596

analogous

#96DED9 #96BFDE #969BDE

triadic

#96BFDE #DE96BF #BFDE96

tetradic

#96BFDE #D996DE #DEB596 #9BDE96

square

#96BFDE #D996DE #DEB596 #9BDE96

split-complementary

#96BFDE #DE969B #DED996

monochromatic

#3C86BE #67A3CF #96BFDE #C5DBED #E8F1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#96BFDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#96BFDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96BFDE

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96BFDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96BFDE	1.00	1.94	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BEE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B6DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7FC7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96bfde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 191, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.062 241.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6d2e8',
    500: '#96bfde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96bfde;
$custom-light: #b6d2e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96bfde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.833,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78584,
    "c": 0.06229,
    "h": 241.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96BFDE

secondary

#EFE4DC

accent

#6826C0

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FC

border

#D0D2D5

text

#111416

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #96BFDE

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

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