#96DAEE#96DAEE

#96DAEE is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.628; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.074 H 218.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96DAEE
RGB	rgb(150, 218, 238)
HSL	hsl(194, 72%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(194, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(37%, 8.4%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.34, -16.43, -16.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.34, 23.33, 225.24°)
OKLab	oklab(84.99% -0.0578 -0.0455)
OKLCH	oklch(84.99% 0.074 218.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.0764, 62.7966, 90.1965)
Luminance	0.6280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96DAEE #EEAA96

analogous

#96EED6 #96DAEE #96AEEE

triadic

#96DAEE #EE96DA #DAEE96

tetradic

#96DAEE #D696EE #EEAA96 #AEEE96

square

#96DAEE #D696EE #EEAA96 #AEEE96

split-complementary

#96DAEE #EE96AE #EED696

monochromatic

#2DB5DD #61C7E5 #96DAEE #CBEDF7 #E5F6FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#96DAEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.56

#96DAEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96DAEE

13.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96DAEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96DAEE	1.00	1.55	13.56	13.56
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDD6EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFCBEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74E1E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96daee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 218, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.074 218.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8e5f3',
    500: '#96daee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96daee;
$custom-light: #b8e5f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96daee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.636,
    "s": 72.131,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84993,
    "c": 0.07356,
    "h": 218.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96DAEE

secondary

#CA775E

accent

#3E11D4

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#121517

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #96DAEE

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

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