#96CEDE#96CEDE

#96CEDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.062 H 217.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96CEDE
RGB	rgb(150, 206, 222)
HSL	hsl(193, 52%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(193, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.4%, 7.2%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.56, -14.18, -13.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.56, 19.73, 224.05°)
OKLab	oklab(81.83% -0.0491 -0.0375)
OKLCH	oklch(81.83% 0.062 217.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.8295, 55.8980, 77.3623)
Luminance	0.5590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96CEDE #DEA696

analogous

#96DECA #96CEDE #96AADE

triadic

#96CEDE #DE96CE #CEDE96

tetradic

#96CEDE #CA96DE #DEA696 #AADE96

square

#96CEDE #CA96DE #DEA696 #AADE96

split-complementary

#96CEDE #DE96AA #DECA96

monochromatic

#3CA1BE #67B8CF #96CEDE #C5E4ED #E8F4F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#96CEDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.18

#96CEDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96CEDE

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96CEDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96CEDE	1.00	1.72	12.18	12.18
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CADF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C1DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7DD4D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96cede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 206, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.062 217.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7dde8',
    500: '#96cede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96cede;
$custom-light: #b7dde8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96cede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.333,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81825,
    "c": 0.0618,
    "h": 217.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96CEDE

secondary

#B67562

accent

#4826C0

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFC

border

#D1D5D5

text

#111516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #96CEDE

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

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