#96E7FA#96E7FA

#96E7FA is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.705; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.083 H 214.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96E7FA
RGB	rgb(150, 231, 250)
HSL	hsl(191, 91%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(191, 40%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 7.6%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.26, -20.00, -17.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.26, 26.25, 220.36°)
OKLab	oklab(88.24% -0.0688 -0.0467)
OKLCH	oklch(88.24% 0.083 214.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.4027, 70.5340, 100.9609)
Luminance	0.7054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96E7FA #FAA996

analogous

#96FADB #96E7FA #96B5FA

triadic

#96E7FA #FA96E7 #E7FA96

tetradic

#96E7FA #DB96FA #FAA996 #B5FA96

square

#96E7FA #DB96FA #FAA996 #B5FA96

split-complementary

#96E7FA #FA96B5 #FADB96

monochromatic

#21CCF4 #5CDAF7 #96E7FA #D0F4FD #E2F8FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#96E7FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.11

#96E7FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96E7FA

15.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96E7FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96E7FA	1.00	1.39	15.11	15.11
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9E2FB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9D5FA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6CEFED

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96e7fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 231, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.083 214.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9eefc',
    500: '#96e7fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96e7fa;
$custom-light: #b9eefc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96e7fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.4,
    "s": 90.909,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88239,
    "c": 0.08312,
    "h": 214.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.70538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96E7FA

secondary

#DA725A

accent

#2C00E6

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F8FEFF

border

#D1D6D7

text

#121617

muted

#828585

Preview Lab

Preview with #96E7FA

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

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