#96ECEE#96ECEE

#96ECEE is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.726; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.083 H 197.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96ECEE
RGB	rgb(150, 236, 238)
HSL	hsl(181, 72%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(181, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(37%, 0.8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.28, -25.37, -9.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.28, 26.98, 199.88°)
OKLab	oklab(88.94% -0.0793 -0.0252)
OKLCH	oklch(88.94% 0.083 197.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.0001, 72.6441, 91.8378)
Luminance	0.7265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96ECEE #EE9896

analogous

#96EEC4 #96ECEE #96C0EE

triadic

#96ECEE #EE96EC #ECEE96

tetradic

#96ECEE #C496EE #EE9896 #C0EE96

square

#96ECEE #C496EE #EE9896 #C0EE96

split-complementary

#96ECEE #EE96C0 #EEC496

monochromatic

#2DD9DD #61E2E5 #96ECEE #CBF6F7 #E5FAFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#96ECEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.53

#96ECEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96ECEE

15.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96ECEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96ECEE	1.00	1.35	15.53	15.53
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1E4EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1D8EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71F1EC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96ecee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 236, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.083 197.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9f2f3',
    500: '#96ecee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96ecee;
$custom-light: #b9f2f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96ecee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.364,
    "s": 72.131,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88937,
    "c": 0.08319,
    "h": 197.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.72648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96ECEE

secondary

#CA615E

accent

#1611D4

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F8FEFE

border

#D1D6D6

text

#121717

muted

#828585

Preview Lab

Preview with #96ECEE

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

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