#96CEDD#96CEDD

#96CEDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.061 H 216.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96CEDD
RGB	rgb(150, 206, 221)
HSL	hsl(193, 51%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(193, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.1%, 6.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.53, -14.42, -13.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.53, 19.56, 222.53°)
OKLab	oklab(81.79% -0.0495 -0.0362)
OKLCH	oklch(81.79% 0.061 216.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.6959, 55.8446, 76.6585)
Luminance	0.5585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96CEDD #DDA596

analogous

#96DDC8 #96CEDD #96AADD

triadic

#96CEDD #DD96CE #CEDD96

tetradic

#96CEDD #C896DD #DDA596 #AADD96

square

#96CEDD #C896DD #DDA596 #AADD96

split-complementary

#96CEDD #DD96AA #DDC896

monochromatic

#3DA1BC #68B8CE #96CEDD #C4E4EC #E8F4F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#96CEDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#96CEDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96CEDD

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96CEDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96CEDD	1.00	1.73	12.17	12.17
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CADE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C1DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7DD4D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96cedd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 206, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.061 216.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7dde7',
    500: '#96cedd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96cedd;
$custom-light: #b7dde7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96cedd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.676,
    "s": 51.079,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81791,
    "c": 0.06129,
    "h": 216.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96CEDD

secondary

#B57462

accent

#4727BE

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFC

border

#D1D5D5

text

#111516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #96CEDD

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

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