#96DCFF#96DCFF

#96DCFF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.649; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.085 H 230.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96DCFF
RGB	rgb(150, 220, 255)
HSL	hsl(200, 100%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(200, 41%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 13.7%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.43, -13.17, -23.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.43, 27.30, 241.16°)
OKLab	oklab(86.04% -0.054 -0.066)
OKLCH	oklch(86.04% 0.085 230.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.2146, 64.8867, 104.1506)
Luminance	0.6489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96DCFF #FFB996

analogous

#96FFEE #96DCFF #96A8FF

triadic

#96DCFF #FF96DC #DCFF96

tetradic

#96DCFF #EE96FF #FFB996 #A8FF96

square

#96DCFF #EE96FF #FFB996 #A8FF96

split-complementary

#96DCFF #FF96A8 #FFEE96

monochromatic

#1CB3FF #59C8FF #96DCFF #D3F0FF #E0F5FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#96DCFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.98

#96DCFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96DCFF

13.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96DCFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96DCFF	1.00	1.50	13.98	13.98
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBD9FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCCEFF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6CE6E7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96dcff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 220, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.085 230.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9e6ff',
    500: '#96dcff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96dcff;
$custom-light: #b9e6ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96dcff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86039,
    "c": 0.08525,
    "h": 230.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.6489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96DCFF

secondary

#E18658

accent

#4D00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFF

border

#D1D5D7

text

#121618

muted

#828486

Preview Lab

Preview with #96DCFF

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

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