#96CAFA#96CAFA

#96CAFA is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.087 H 246.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96CAFA
RGB	rgb(150, 202, 250)
HSL	hsl(209, 91%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(209, 40%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 19.2%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.40, -5.04, -28.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.40, 29.37, 260.11°)
OKLab	oklab(82.01% -0.0341 -0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(82.01% 0.087 246.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.9479, 55.6242, 98.4759)
Luminance	0.5563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96CAFA #FAC696

analogous

#96FAF8 #96CAFA #9698FA

triadic

#96CAFA #FA96CA #CAFA96

tetradic

#96CAFA #F896FA #FAC696 #98FA96

square

#96CAFA #F896FA #FAC696 #98FA96

split-complementary

#96CAFA #FA9698 #FAF896

monochromatic

#218FF4 #5CADF7 #96CAFA #D0E7FD #E2F0FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#96CAFA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#96CAFA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96CAFA

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96CAFA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96CAFA	1.00	1.73	12.13	12.13
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7CBFC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAC0F9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71D5DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96cafa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 202, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.087 246.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8dafc',
    500: '#96cafa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96cafa;
$custom-light: #b8dafc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96cafa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.8,
    "s": 90.909,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82009,
    "c": 0.08708,
    "h": 246.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96CAFA

secondary

#DA985A

accent

#6E00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFF

border

#D1D4D7

text

#121417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #96CAFA

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

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