#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
RGB	rgb(150, 197, 231)
HSL	hsl(205, 63%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(205, 35%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.1%, 14.7%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.39, -7.26, -21.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.39, 22.99, 251.59°)
OKLab	oklab(80.21% -0.0345 -0.06)
OKLCH	oklch(80.21% 0.069 240.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.9631, 52.1836, 83.1837)
Luminance	0.5219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##96C5E7	1.00	1.84	11.44	11.44
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #96C5E7

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

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