#96DEEF#96DEEF

#96DEEF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.650; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.075 H 214.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96DEEF
RGB	rgb(150, 222, 239)
HSL	hsl(191, 74%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(191, 37%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.2%, 7.1%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.46, -18.21, -15.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.46, 23.85, 220.23°)
OKLab	oklab(85.9% -0.0623 -0.0423)
OKLCH	oklch(85.9% 0.075 214.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.2735, 64.9552, 91.3224)
Luminance	0.6496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96DEEF #EFA796

analogous

#96EFD4 #96DEEF #96B2EF

triadic

#96DEEF #EF96DE #DEEF96

tetradic

#96DEEF #D496EF #EFA796 #B2EF96

square

#96DEEF #D496EF #EFA796 #B2EF96

split-complementary

#96DEEF #EF96B2 #EFD496

monochromatic

#2CBDDF #61CDE7 #96DEEF #CBEFF7 #E4F7FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#96DEEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.99

#96DEEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96DEEF

13.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96DEEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96DEEF	1.00	1.50	13.99	13.99
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1D9F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3CEEF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73E5E3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96deef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 222, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.075 214.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8e8f4',
    500: '#96deef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96deef;
$custom-light: #b8e8f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96deef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.461,
    "s": 73.554,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85899,
    "c": 0.07526,
    "h": 214.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.64959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96DEEF

secondary

#CB735E

accent

#3610D6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#121617

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #96DEEF

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →