#96DCED#96DCED

#96DCED is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.638; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.074 H 214.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96DCED
RGB	rgb(150, 220, 237)
HSL	hsl(192, 71%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(192, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.7%, 7.2%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.85, -17.69, -15.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.85, 23.36, 220.79°)
OKLab	oklab(85.39% -0.0606 -0.0418)
OKLCH	oklch(85.39% 0.074 214.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.4517, 63.7815, 89.5989)
Luminance	0.6379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#96DCED #EDA796

analogous

#96EDD2 #96DCED #96B0ED

triadic

#96DCED #ED96DC #DCED96

tetradic

#96DCED #D296ED #EDA796 #B0ED96

square

#96DCED #D296ED #EDA796 #B0ED96

split-complementary

#96DCED #ED96B0 #EDD296

monochromatic

#2EB9DB #62CBE4 #96DCED #CAEDF6 #E5F6FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#96DCED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.76

#96DCED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96DCED

13.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96DCED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96DCED	1.00	1.53	13.76	13.76
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFD7EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1CCED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#75E3E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96dced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 220, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.074 214.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8e7f2',
    500: '#96dced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96dced;
$custom-light: #b8e7f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96dced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.724,
    "s": 70.732,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85394,
    "c": 0.07366,
    "h": 214.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.63785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96DCED

secondary

#C9735E

accent

#3813D3

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#121617

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #96DCED

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

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