#96C8CD#96C8CD

#96C8CD is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.053 H 203.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96C8CD
RGB	rgb(150, 200, 205)
HSL	hsl(185, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(185, 27%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.8%, 2.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.40, -15.07, -7.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.40, 16.96, 207.34°)
OKLab	oklab(79.94% -0.0481 -0.0213)
OKLCH	oklch(79.94% 0.053 203.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.2479, 52.1983, 65.4896)
Luminance	0.5220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96C8CD #CD9B96

analogous

#96CDB7 #96C8CD #96ACCD

triadic

#96C8CD #CD96C8 #C8CD96

tetradic

#96C8CD #B796CD #CD9B96 #ACCD96

square

#96C8CD #B796CD #CD9B96 #ACCD96

split-complementary

#96C8CD #CD96AC #CDB796

monochromatic

#4B969E #6DB2B9 #96C8CD #BFDEE1 #E9F3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#96C8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#96C8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96C8CD

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96C8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96C8CD	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)

#C0C4CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BCCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84CCC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96c8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 200, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.053 203.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6d8dc',
    500: '#96c8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96c8cd;
$custom-light: #b6d8dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96c8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.455,
    "s": 35.484,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79944,
    "c": 0.05258,
    "h": 203.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96C8CD

secondary

#A26B65

accent

#4237AE

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFC

border

#D1D4D5

text

#111415

muted

#818384

Preview Lab

Preview with #96C8CD

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

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