#96CEFA#96CEFA

#96CEFA is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.085 H 242.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96CEFA
RGB	rgb(150, 206, 250)
HSL	hsl(206, 91%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(206, 40%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 17.6%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.47, -7.17, -27.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.47, 28.21, 255.29°)
OKLab	oklab(82.86% -0.039 -0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(82.86% 0.085 242.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.8986, 57.5257, 98.7928)
Luminance	0.5753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96CEFA #FAC296

analogous

#96FAF4 #96CEFA #969CFA

triadic

#96CEFA #FA96CE #CEFA96

tetradic

#96CEFA #F496FA #FAC296 #9CFA96

square

#96CEFA #F496FA #FAC296 #9CFA96

split-complementary

#96CEFA #FA969C #FAF496

monochromatic

#2197F4 #5CB3F7 #96CEFA #D0E9FD #E2F1FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#96CEFA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.51

#96CEFA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96CEFA

12.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96CEFA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96CEFA	1.00	1.68	12.51	12.51
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCCEFC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEC3F9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71D9DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96cefa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 206, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.085 242.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8dcfc',
    500: '#96cefa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96cefa;
$custom-light: #b8dcfc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96cefa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.4,
    "s": 90.909,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82857,
    "c": 0.08493,
    "h": 242.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96CEFA

secondary

#DA925A

accent

#6500E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFF

border

#D1D5D7

text

#121517

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #96CEFA

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

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