#96E8FA#96E8FA

#96E8FA is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.711; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.083 H 213.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96E8FA
RGB	rgb(150, 232, 250)
HSL	hsl(191, 91%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(191, 40%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 7.2%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.53, -20.50, -16.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.53, 26.37, 218.98°)
OKLab	oklab(88.46% -0.0699 -0.0456)
OKLCH	oklch(88.46% 0.083 213.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.6834, 71.0954, 101.0544)
Luminance	0.7110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#96E8FA #FAA896

analogous

#96FADA #96E8FA #96B6FA

triadic

#96E8FA #FA96E8 #E8FA96

tetradic

#96E8FA #DA96FA #FAA896 #B6FA96

square

#96E8FA #DA96FA #FAA896 #B6FA96

split-complementary

#96E8FA #FA96B6 #FADA96

monochromatic

#21CEF4 #5CDBF7 #96E8FA #D0F5FD #E2F9FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#96E8FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.22

#96E8FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96E8FA

15.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96E8FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96E8FA	1.00	1.38	15.22	15.22
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAE2FB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAD6FA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6CF0ED

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96e8fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 232, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.083 213.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9effc',
    500: '#96e8fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96e8fa;
$custom-light: #b9effc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96e8fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.8,
    "s": 90.909,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88457,
    "c": 0.08346,
    "h": 213.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.71099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96E8FA

secondary

#DA715A

accent

#2900E6

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F8FEFF

border

#D1D6D7

text

#121617

muted

#828585

Preview Lab

Preview with #96E8FA

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

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