#96CED4#96CED4

#96CED4 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.058 H 204.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96CED4
RGB	rgb(150, 206, 212)
HSL	hsl(186, 42%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(186, 29%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.2%, 2.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.26, -16.53, -8.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.26, 18.73, 208.01°)
OKLab	oklab(81.49% -0.053 -0.024)
OKLCH	oklch(81.49% 0.058 204.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.5288, 55.3777, 70.5119)
Luminance	0.5538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96CED4 #D49C96

analogous

#96D4BB #96CED4 #96AFD4

triadic

#96CED4 #D496CE #CED496

tetradic

#96CED4 #BB96D4 #D49C96 #AFD496

square

#96CED4 #BB96D4 #D49C96 #AFD496

split-complementary

#96CED4 #D496AF #D4BB96

monochromatic

#46A0AA #6BBAC2 #96CED4 #C1E2E6 #E9F5F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#96CED4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.08

#96CED4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96CED4

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96CED4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96CED4	1.00	1.74	12.08	12.08
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C9D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC1D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#81D2D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96ced4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 206, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.058 204.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6dde1',
    500: '#96ced4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96ced4;
$custom-light: #b6dde1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96ced4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.806,
    "s": 41.892,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8149,
    "c": 0.05819,
    "h": 204.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96CED4

secondary

#AA6B64

accent

#3D31B5

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFC

border

#D1D5D5

text

#111515

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #96CED4

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

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