#96C8FF#96C8FF

#96C8FF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.094 H 251.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96C8FF
RGB	rgb(150, 200, 255)
HSL	hsl(211, 100%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(211, 41%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 21.6%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.05, -2.65, -32.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.05, 32.25, 265.28°)
OKLab	oklab(81.79% -0.0301 -0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(81.79% 0.094 251.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.2760, 55.0095, 102.5044)
Luminance	0.5501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96C8FF #FFCD96

analogous

#96FCFF #96C8FF #9996FF

triadic

#96C8FF #FF96C8 #C8FF96

tetradic

#96C8FF #FF96FC #FFCD96 #96FF99

square

#96C8FF #FF96FC #FFCD96 #96FF99

split-complementary

#96C8FF #FF9996 #FCFF96

monochromatic

#1C88FF #59A8FF #96C8FF #D3E8FF #E0EFFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#96C8FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.00

#96C8FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96C8FF

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96C8FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96C8FF	1.00	1.75	12.00	12.00
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3CAFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6BFFE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6FD4DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96c8ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 200, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.094 251.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8d8ff',
    500: '#96c8ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96c8ff;
$custom-light: #b8d8ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96c8ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.429,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81792,
    "c": 0.09417,
    "h": 251.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96C8FF

secondary

#E1A058

accent

#7800E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFF

border

#D1D4D7

text

#121418

muted

#828386

Preview Lab

Preview with #96C8FF

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

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