#96DDEE#96DDEE

#96DDEE is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.644; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.074 H 214.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96DDEE
RGB	rgb(150, 221, 238)
HSL	hsl(192, 72%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(192, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(37%, 7.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.16, -17.95, -15.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.16, 23.60, 220.51°)
OKLab	oklab(85.65% -0.0614 -0.042)
OKLCH	oklch(85.65% 0.074 214.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.8614, 64.3666, 90.4582)
Luminance	0.6437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96DDEE #EEA796

analogous

#96EED3 #96DDEE #96B1EE

triadic

#96DDEE #EE96DD #DDEE96

tetradic

#96DDEE #D396EE #EEA796 #B1EE96

square

#96DDEE #D396EE #EEA796 #B1EE96

split-complementary

#96DDEE #EE96B1 #EED396

monochromatic

#2DBBDD #61CCE5 #96DDEE #CBEEF7 #E5F6FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#96DDEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.87

#96DDEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96DDEE

13.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96DDEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96DDEE	1.00	1.51	13.87	13.87
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0D8EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2CDEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74E4E2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96ddee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 221, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.074 214.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8e7f3',
    500: '#96ddee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96ddee;
$custom-light: #b8e7f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96ddee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.591,
    "s": 72.131,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85646,
    "c": 0.07446,
    "h": 214.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.6437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96DDEE

secondary

#CA735E

accent

#3711D4

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#121617

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #96DDEE

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

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