#96DCF8#96DCF8

#96DCF8 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.644; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.080 H 225.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96DCF8
RGB	rgb(150, 220, 248)
HSL	hsl(197, 88%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(197, 40%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 11.3%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.20, -14.95, -20.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.20, 25.42, 233.98°)
OKLab	oklab(85.78% -0.0565 -0.0566)
OKLCH	oklch(85.78% 0.08 225)
XYZ	xyz(55.1083, 64.4442, 98.3238)
Luminance	0.6445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96DCF8 #F8B296

analogous

#96F8E3 #96DCF8 #96ABF8

triadic

#96DCF8 #F896DC #DCF896

tetradic

#96DCF8 #E396F8 #F8B296 #ABF896

square

#96DCF8 #E396F8 #F8B296 #ABF896

split-complementary

#96DCF8 #F896AB #F8E396

monochromatic

#23B6F0 #5DC9F4 #96DCF8 #CFEFFC #E2F5FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#96DCF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.89

#96DCF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96DCF8

13.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96DCF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96DCF8	1.00	1.51	13.89	13.89
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDD9FA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BECDF8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6FE5E5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96dcf8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 220, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.080 225.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8e7fa',
    500: '#96dcf8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96dcf8;
$custom-light: #b8e7fa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96dcf8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 87.5,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85782,
    "c": 0.07998,
    "h": 225
  },
  "luminance": 0.64448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96DCF8

secondary

#D87E5B

accent

#4201E4

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFF

border

#D1D5D7

text

#121617

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #96DCF8

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

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