#96DAEF#96DAEF

#96DAEF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.629; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.074 H 219.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96DAEF
RGB	rgb(150, 218, 239)
HSL	hsl(194, 74%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(194, 37%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.2%, 8.8%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.37, -16.18, -17.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.37, 23.51, 226.50°)
OKLab	oklab(85.03% -0.0574 -0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(85.03% 0.074 219.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.2237, 62.8555, 90.9724)
Luminance	0.6286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#96DAEF #EFAB96

analogous

#96EFD8 #96DAEF #96AEEF

triadic

#96DAEF #EF96DA #DAEF96

tetradic

#96DAEF #D896EF #EFAB96 #AEEF96

square

#96DAEF #D896EF #EFAB96 #AEEF96

split-complementary

#96DAEF #EF96AE #EFD896

monochromatic

#2CB5DF #61C7E7 #96DAEF #CBEDF7 #E4F6FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#96DAEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.57

#96DAEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96DAEF

13.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96DAEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96DAEF	1.00	1.55	13.57	13.57
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDD6F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFCBEF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74E1E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96daef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 218, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.074 219.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8e5f4',
    500: '#96daef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96daef;
$custom-light: #b8e5f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96daef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.157,
    "s": 73.554,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85028,
    "c": 0.0741,
    "h": 219.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.62859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96DAEF

secondary

#CB785E

accent

#3F10D6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#121517

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #96DAEF

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

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