#96CDEB#96CDEB

#96CDEB is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.071 H 232.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96CDEB
RGB	rgb(150, 205, 235)
HSL	hsl(201, 68%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(201, 36%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.2%, 12.8%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.69, -10.47, -20.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.69, 22.99, 242.90°)
OKLab	oklab(82.07% -0.043 -0.0563)
OKLCH	oklch(82.07% 0.071 232.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.3995, 56.1421, 86.8147)
Luminance	0.5615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96CDEB #EBB496

analogous

#96EBDE #96CDEB #96A2EB

triadic

#96CDEB #EB96CD #CDEB96

tetradic

#96CDEB #DE96EB #EBB496 #A2EB96

square

#96CDEB #DE96EB #EBB496 #A2EB96

split-complementary

#96CDEB #EB96A2 #EBDE96

monochromatic

#2F9CD7 #63B5E1 #96CDEB #C9E5F5 #E5F3FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#96CDEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#96CDEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96CDEB

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96CDEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96CDEB	1.00	1.72	12.23	12.23
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFCBED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3C1EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78D5D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96cdeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 205, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.071 232.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7dcf1',
    500: '#96cdeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96cdeb;
$custom-light: #b7dcf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96cdeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.176,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82072,
    "c": 0.07083,
    "h": 232.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96CDEB

secondary

#C6835F

accent

#5716D0

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#121516

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #96CDEB

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

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