#96CDEC#96CDEC

#96CDEC is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.072 H 233.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96CDEC
RGB	rgb(150, 205, 236)
HSL	hsl(202, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(202, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 13.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.73, -10.22, -20.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.73, 23.31, 243.99°)
OKLab	oklab(82.11% -0.0427 -0.0576)
OKLCH	oklch(82.11% 0.072 233.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.5443, 56.2000, 87.5777)
Luminance	0.5620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96CDEC #ECB596

analogous

#96ECE0 #96CDEC #96A2EC

triadic

#96CDEC #EC96CD #CDEC96

tetradic

#96CDEC #E096EC #ECB596 #A2EC96

square

#96CDEC #E096EC #ECB596 #A2EC96

split-complementary

#96CDEC #EC96A2 #ECE096

monochromatic

#2E9CD9 #62B4E3 #96CDEC #CAE6F5 #E5F3FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#96CDEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#96CDEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96CDEC

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96CDEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96CDEC	1.00	1.72	12.24	12.24
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BECBEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2C1EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#77D5D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96cdec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 205, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.072 233.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7dcf2',
    500: '#96cdec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96cdec;
$custom-light: #b7dcf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96cdec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.628,
    "s": 69.355,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82109,
    "c": 0.0717,
    "h": 233.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96CDEC

secondary

#C7845F

accent

#5814D1

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#121516

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #96CDEC

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

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