#96C8EC#96C8EC

#96C8EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.073 H 240.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96C8EC
RGB	rgb(150, 200, 236)
HSL	hsl(205, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(205, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 15.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.37, -7.59, -23.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.37, 24.23, 251.74°)
OKLab	oklab(81.04% -0.0365 -0.0634)
OKLCH	oklch(81.04% 0.073 240.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.3674, 53.8461, 87.1854)
Luminance	0.5385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96C8EC #ECBA96

analogous

#96ECE5 #96C8EC #969DEC

triadic

#96C8EC #EC96C8 #C8EC96

tetradic

#96C8EC #E596EC #ECBA96 #9DEC96

square

#96C8EC #E596EC #ECBA96 #9DEC96

split-complementary

#96C8EC #EC969D #ECE596

monochromatic

#2E92D9 #62ADE3 #96C8EC #CAE3F5 #E5F1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#96C8EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#96C8EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96C8EC

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96C8EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96C8EC	1.00	1.78	11.77	11.77
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C7EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBEEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78D1D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96c8ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 200, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.073 240.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7d8f2',
    500: '#96c8ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96c8ec;
$custom-light: #b7d8f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96c8ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.116,
    "s": 69.355,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81037,
    "c": 0.07312,
    "h": 240.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96C8EC

secondary

#C78B5F

accent

#6314D1

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #96C8EC

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

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