#96BFDF#96BFDF

#96BFDF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.063 H 242.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96BFDF
RGB	rgb(150, 191, 223)
HSL	hsl(206, 53%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(206, 33%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.7%, 14.3%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.50, -6.06, -20.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.50, 21.26, 253.44°)
OKLab	oklab(78.62% -0.0297 -0.056)
OKLCH	oklch(78.62% 0.063 242.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.5236, 49.0712, 76.9234)
Luminance	0.4907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96BFDF #DFB696

analogous

#96DFDA #96BFDF #969ADF

triadic

#96BFDF #DF96BF #BFDF96

tetradic

#96BFDF #DA96DF #DFB696 #9ADF96

square

#96BFDF #DA96DF #DFB696 #9ADF96

split-complementary

#96BFDF #DF969A #DFDA96

monochromatic

#3B86C0 #67A2D1 #96BFDF #C5DCED #E8F1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#96BFDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#96BFDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96BFDF

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96BFDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96BFDF	1.00	1.94	10.81	10.81
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BEE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B7DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7FC7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96bfdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 191, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.063 242.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7d2e9',
    500: '#96bfdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96bfdf;
$custom-light: #b7d2e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96bfdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.301,
    "s": 53.285,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78621,
    "c": 0.06333,
    "h": 242.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96BFDF

secondary

#EFE4DC

accent

#6925C1

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FC

border

#D0D2D5

text

#111416

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #96BFDF

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

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