#96C8BC#96C8BC

#96C8BC is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.055 H 178.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96C8BC
RGB	rgb(150, 200, 188)
HSL	hsl(166, 31%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(166, 25%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 0%, 6%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.93, -18.81, 0.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.93, 18.83, 177.88°)
OKLab	oklab(79.42% -0.055 0.0016)
OKLCH	oklch(79.42% 0.055 178.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.3063, 51.4216, 55.2635)
Luminance	0.5142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96C8BC #C896A2

analogous

#96C8A3 #96C8BC #96BBC8

triadic

#96C8BC #BC96C8 #C8BC96

tetradic

#96C8BC #A396C8 #C896A2 #BBC896

square

#96C8BC #A396C8 #C896A2 #BBC896

split-complementary

#96C8BC #C896BB #C8A396

monochromatic

#4E9584 #6EB3A2 #96C8BC #BEDDD6 #E6F2EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#96C8BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28

#96C8BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96C8BC

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96C8BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96C8BC	1.00	1.86	11.28	11.28
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C2BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBBBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#89CAC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96c8bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 200, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.055 178.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6d8d0',
    500: '#96c8bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96c8bc;
$custom-light: #b6d8d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96c8bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.6,
    "s": 31.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79418,
    "c": 0.05505,
    "h": 178.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96C8BC

secondary

#9D6673

accent

#3C56AA

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFB

border

#D1D4D4

text

#111414

muted

#818383

Preview Lab

Preview with #96C8BC

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

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