#96DAFA#96DAFA

#96DAFA is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.082 H 229.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96DAFA
RGB	rgb(150, 218, 250)
HSL	hsl(199, 91%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(199, 40%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 12.8%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.72, -13.42, -22.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.72, 26.06, 239.01°)
OKLab	oklab(85.42% -0.0534 -0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(85.42% 0.082 229.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.8985, 63.5254, 99.7928)
Luminance	0.6353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#96DAFA #FAB696

analogous

#96FAE8 #96DAFA #96A8FA

triadic

#96DAFA #FA96DA #DAFA96

tetradic

#96DAFA #E896FA #FAB696 #A8FA96

square

#96DAFA #E896FA #FAB696 #A8FA96

split-complementary

#96DAFA #FA96A8 #FAE896

monochromatic

#21B1F4 #5CC5F7 #96DAFA #D0EFFD #E2F5FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#96DAFA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.71

#96DAFA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96DAFA

13.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96DAFA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96DAFA	1.00	1.53	13.71	13.71
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAD7FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBCCFA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6FE3E4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96dafa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 218, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.082 229.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8e5fc',
    500: '#96dafa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96dafa;
$custom-light: #b8e5fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96dafa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.2,
    "s": 90.909,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85424,
    "c": 0.08151,
    "h": 229.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.63529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96DAFA

secondary

#DA835A

accent

#4900E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFF

border

#D1D5D7

text

#121517

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #96DAFA

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

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