#96C5E7#96C5E7

#96C5E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.069 H 240.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#96C5E7
RGBrgb(150, 197, 231)
HSLhsl(205, 63%, 75%)
HSVhsv(205, 35%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(35.1%, 14.7%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LABlab(77.39, -7.26, -21.82)
CIE-LCHlch(77.39, 22.99, 251.59°)
OKLaboklab(80.21% -0.0345 -0.06)
OKLCHoklch(80.21% 0.069 240.1)
XYZxyz(46.9631, 52.1836, 83.1837)
Luminance0.5219 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#96C5E7 #E7B896
analogous
#96E7E1 #96C5E7 #969DE7
triadic
#96C5E7 #E796C5 #C5E796
tetradic
#96C5E7 #E196E7 #E7B896 #9DE796
square
#96C5E7 #E196E7 #E7B896 #9DE796
split-complementary
#96C5E7 #E7969D #E7E196
monochromatic
#328ED0 #64A9DC #96C5E7 #C8E1F2 #E6F1F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84
#96C5E7 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44
#96C5E7 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96C5E7
11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##96C5E7#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##96C5E71.001.8411.4411.44
#FFFFFF1.841.0021.0021.00
#00000011.4421.001.001.00
##00000011.4421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B6C4E9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#ACBBE6
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#7BCDD0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #96c5e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 197, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.069 240.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7d6ee',
    500: '#96c5e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #96c5e7;
$custom-light: #b7d6ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#96c5e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.185,
    "s": 62.791,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80206,
    "c": 0.0692,
    "h": 240.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#96C5E7
secondary
#C18960
accent
#651BCB
background
#FDFEFF
surface
#F8FBFE
border
#D1D4D6
text
#111416
muted
#818385

Preview Lab

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#96C5E7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva