#96C4E2#96C4E2

#96C4E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.065 H 237.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96C4E2
RGB	rgb(150, 196, 226)
HSL	hsl(204, 57%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(204, 34%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 13.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.95, -7.98, -19.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.95, 21.34, 248.04°)
OKLab	oklab(79.8% -0.035 -0.0543)
OKLCH	oklch(79.8% 0.065 237.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.0407, 51.4526, 79.4421)
Luminance	0.5145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96C4E2 #E2B496

analogous

#96E2DA #96C4E2 #969EE2

triadic

#96C4E2 #E296C4 #C4E296

tetradic

#96C4E2 #DA96E2 #E2B496 #9EE296

square

#96C4E2 #DA96E2 #E2B496 #9EE296

split-complementary

#96C4E2 #E2969E #E2DA96

monochromatic

#378EC7 #66A9D5 #96C4E2 #C6DFEF #E7F2F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#96C4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#96C4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96C4E2

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96C4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96C4E2	1.00	1.86	11.29	11.29
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C3E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBAE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7DCCCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96c4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 196, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.065 237.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7d5eb',
    500: '#96c4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96c4e2;
$custom-light: #b7d5eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96c4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.684,
    "s": 56.716,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79804,
    "c": 0.06462,
    "h": 237.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96C4E2

secondary

#BB8561

accent

#6221C4

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFD

border

#D1D4D5

text

#111416

muted

#818384

Preview Lab

Preview with #96C4E2

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

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