#96CBEE#96CBEE

#96CBEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.074 H 237.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96CBEE
RGB	rgb(150, 203, 238)
HSL	hsl(204, 72%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(204, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(37%, 14.7%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.25, -8.67, -22.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.25, 24.34, 249.14°)
OKLab	oklab(81.75% -0.0395 -0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(81.75% 0.074 237.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.3612, 55.3662, 88.9581)
Luminance	0.5537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96CBEE #EEB996

analogous

#96EEE5 #96CBEE #969FEE

triadic

#96CBEE #EE96CB #CBEE96

tetradic

#96CBEE #E596EE #EEB996 #9FEE96

square

#96CBEE #E596EE #EEB996 #9FEE96

split-complementary

#96CBEE #EE969F #EEE596

monochromatic

#2D97DD #61B1E5 #96CBEE #CBE5F7 #E5F2FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#96CBEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.07

#96CBEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96CBEE

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96CBEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96CBEE	1.00	1.74	12.07	12.07
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBCAF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFC0ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#77D4D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96cbee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 203, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.074 237.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7daf3',
    500: '#96cbee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96cbee;
$custom-light: #b7daf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96cbee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.864,
    "s": 72.131,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81754,
    "c": 0.07404,
    "h": 237.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96CBEE

secondary

#CA895E

accent

#5F11D4

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#121417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #96CBEE

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

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