#96C8EB#96C8EB

#96C8EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.072 H 239.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96C8EB
RGB	rgb(150, 200, 235)
HSL	hsl(205, 68%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(205, 36%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.2%, 14.9%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.34, -7.84, -22.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.34, 23.85, 250.80°)
OKLab	oklab(81% -0.0368 -0.062)
OKLCH	oklch(81% 0.072 239.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.2225, 53.7881, 86.4224)
Luminance	0.5379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#96C8EB #EBB996

analogous

#96EBE3 #96C8EB #969DEB

triadic

#96C8EB #EB96C8 #C8EB96

tetradic

#96C8EB #E396EB #EBB996 #9DEB96

square

#96C8EB #E396EB #EBB996 #9DEB96

split-complementary

#96C8EB #EB969D #EBE396

monochromatic

#2F92D7 #63ADE1 #96C8EB #C9E3F5 #E5F2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#96C8EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#96C8EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96C8EB

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96C8EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96C8EB	1.00	1.79	11.76	11.76
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C7ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBEEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79D1D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96c8eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 200, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.072 239.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7d8f1',
    500: '#96c8eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96c8eb;
$custom-light: #b7d8f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96c8eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.706,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80999,
    "c": 0.07211,
    "h": 239.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96C8EB

secondary

#C6895F

accent

#6216D0

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111416

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #96C8EB

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

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