#96EAFA#96EAFA

#96EAFA is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.722; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.084 H 210.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96EAFA
RGB	rgb(150, 234, 250)
HSL	hsl(190, 91%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(190, 40%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 6.4%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.08, -21.49, -15.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.08, 26.65, 216.26°)
OKLab	oklab(88.89% -0.0723 -0.0433)
OKLCH	oklch(88.89% 0.084 210.9)
XYZ	xyz(59.2496, 72.2277, 101.2431)
Luminance	0.7223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96EAFA #FAA696

analogous

#96FAD8 #96EAFA #96B8FA

triadic

#96EAFA #FA96EA #EAFA96

tetradic

#96EAFA #D896FA #FAA696 #B8FA96

square

#96EAFA #D896FA #FAA696 #B8FA96

split-complementary

#96EAFA #FA96B8 #FAD896

monochromatic

#21D3F4 #5CDEF7 #96EAFA #D0F6FD #E2F9FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#96EAFA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.45

#96EAFA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96EAFA

15.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96EAFA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96EAFA	1.00	1.36	15.45	15.45
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCE4FB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCD8FA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6CF1EF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96eafa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 234, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.084 210.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9f0fc',
    500: '#96eafa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96eafa;
$custom-light: #b9f0fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96eafa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.6,
    "s": 90.909,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88893,
    "c": 0.08424,
    "h": 210.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.72232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96EAFA

secondary

#DA6E5A

accent

#2500E6

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F8FEFF

border

#D1D6D7

text

#121617

muted

#828585

Preview Lab

Preview with #96EAFA

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

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