#96CBDE#96CBDE

#96CBDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.061 H 222.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96CBDE
RGB	rgb(150, 203, 222)
HSL	hsl(196, 52%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(196, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.4%, 8.6%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.73, -12.63, -14.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.73, 19.57, 229.81°)
OKLab	oklab(81.17% -0.0453 -0.0409)
OKLCH	oklch(81.17% 0.061 222.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.1142, 54.4674, 77.1238)
Luminance	0.5447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96CBDE #DEA996

analogous

#96DECD #96CBDE #96A7DE

triadic

#96CBDE #DE96CB #CBDE96

tetradic

#96CBDE #CD96DE #DEA996 #A7DE96

square

#96CBDE #CD96DE #DEA996 #A7DE96

split-complementary

#96CBDE #DE96A7 #DECD96

monochromatic

#3C9CBE #67B4CF #96CBDE #C5E2ED #E8F3F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#96CBDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.89

#96CBDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96CBDE

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96CBDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96CBDE	1.00	1.77	11.89	11.89
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C8DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BFDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7DD1D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96cbde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 203, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.061 222.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7dae8',
    500: '#96cbde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96cbde;
$custom-light: #b7dae8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96cbde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.833,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81172,
    "c": 0.06106,
    "h": 222.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96CBDE

secondary

#B67862

accent

#4E26C0

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFC

border

#D1D4D5

text

#111516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #96CBDE

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

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