#96C8EE#96C8EE

#96C8EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.075 H 241.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96C8EE
RGB	rgb(150, 200, 238)
HSL	hsl(206, 72%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(206, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(37%, 16%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.44, -7.08, -23.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.44, 25.00, 253.55°)
OKLab	oklab(81.11% -0.0358 -0.0661)
OKLCH	oklch(81.11% 0.075 241.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.6596, 53.9630, 88.7243)
Luminance	0.5397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96C8EE #EEBC96

analogous

#96EEE8 #96C8EE #969CEE

triadic

#96C8EE #EE96C8 #C8EE96

tetradic

#96C8EE #E896EE #EEBC96 #9CEE96

square

#96C8EE #E896EE #EEBC96 #9CEE96

split-complementary

#96C8EE #EE969C #EEE896

monochromatic

#2D91DD #61ACE5 #96C8EE #CBE4F7 #E5F1FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#96C8EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#96C8EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96C8EE

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96C8EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96C8EE	1.00	1.78	11.79	11.79
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C7F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBEED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#77D1D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96c8ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 200, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.075 241.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7d8f3',
    500: '#96c8ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96c8ee;
$custom-light: #b7d8f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96c8ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.909,
    "s": 72.131,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81113,
    "c": 0.07515,
    "h": 241.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96C8EE

secondary

#CA8D5E

accent

#6511D4

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#121417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #96C8EE

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

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