#96CED5#96CED5

#96CED5 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.058 H 205.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96CED5
RGB	rgb(150, 206, 213)
HSL	hsl(187, 43%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(187, 30%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.6%, 3.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.29, -16.30, -9.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.29, 18.76, 209.67°)
OKLab	oklab(81.52% -0.0526 -0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(81.52% 0.058 205.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.6553, 55.4283, 71.1783)
Luminance	0.5543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96CED5 #D59D96

analogous

#96D5BC #96CED5 #96AED5

triadic

#96CED5 #D596CE #CED596

tetradic

#96CED5 #BC96D5 #D59D96 #AED596

square

#96CED5 #BC96D5 #D59D96 #AED596

split-complementary

#96CED5 #D596AE #D5BC96

monochromatic

#45A0AC #6ABAC4 #96CED5 #C2E2E6 #E9F5F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#96CED5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.09

#96CED5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96CED5

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96CED5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96CED5	1.00	1.74	12.09	12.09
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C9D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC1D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#80D3D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96ced5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 206, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.058 205.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6dde1',
    500: '#96ced5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96ced5;
$custom-light: #b6dde1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96ced5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.667,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81523,
    "c": 0.05841,
    "h": 205.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96CED5

secondary

#AB6C64

accent

#3E30B6

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFC

border

#D1D5D5

text

#111515

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #96CED5

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

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