#96E8EA#96E8EA

#96E8EA is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.701; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.080 H 197.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96E8EA
RGB	rgb(150, 232, 234)
HSL	hsl(181, 67%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(181, 36%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.9%, 0.9%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.06, -24.37, -8.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.06, 25.94, 200.02°)
OKLab	oklab(87.93% -0.0761 -0.0244)
OKLCH	oklch(87.93% 0.08 197.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.2802, 70.1341, 88.3976)
Luminance	0.7014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96E8EA #EA9896

analogous

#96EAC2 #96E8EA #96BEEA

triadic

#96E8EA #EA96E8 #E8EA96

tetradic

#96E8EA #C296EA #EA9896 #BEEA96

square

#96E8EA #C296EA #EA9896 #BEEA96

split-complementary

#96E8EA #EA96BE #EAC296

monochromatic

#30D2D6 #63DDE0 #96E8EA #C9F3F4 #E5F9FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#96E8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.03

#96E8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96E8EA

15.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96E8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96E8EA	1.00	1.40	15.03	15.03
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEE1EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CED5EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74EDE8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96e8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 232, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.080 197.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8eff0',
    500: '#96e8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96e8ea;
$custom-light: #b8eff0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96e8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.429,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87927,
    "c": 0.07995,
    "h": 197.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.70138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96E8EA

secondary

#C5625F

accent

#1B17CF

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F8FEFE

border

#D1D6D6

text

#121616

muted

#828585

Preview Lab

Preview with #96E8EA

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

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