#96E4FA#96E4FA

#96E4FA is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.689; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.082 H 217.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96E4FA
RGB	rgb(150, 228, 250)
HSL	hsl(193, 91%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(193, 40%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 8.8%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.44, -18.50, -18.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.44, 25.97, 224.58°)
OKLab	oklab(87.59% -0.0652 -0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(87.59% 0.082 217.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.5703, 68.8691, 100.6834)
Luminance	0.6887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96E4FA #FAAC96

analogous

#96FADE #96E4FA #96B2FA

triadic

#96E4FA #FA96E4 #E4FA96

tetradic

#96E4FA #DE96FA #FAAC96 #B2FA96

square

#96E4FA #DE96FA #FAAC96 #B2FA96

split-complementary

#96E4FA #FA96B2 #FADE96

monochromatic

#21C6F4 #5CD5F7 #96E4FA #D0F3FD #E2F7FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#96E4FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.77

#96E4FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96E4FA

14.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96E4FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96E4FA	1.00	1.42	14.77	14.77
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5DFFB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6D3FA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6DECEB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96e4fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 228, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.082 217.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ecfc',
    500: '#96e4fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96e4fa;
$custom-light: #b9ecfc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96e4fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.2,
    "s": 90.909,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87587,
    "c": 0.08226,
    "h": 217.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.68873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96E4FA

secondary

#DA765A

accent

#3200E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FDFF

border

#D1D5D7

text

#121617

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #96E4FA

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

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