#96EEFA#96EEFA

#96EEFA is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.745; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.086 H 206.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96EEFA
RGB	rgb(150, 238, 250)
HSL	hsl(187, 91%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(187, 40%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 4.8%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.17, -23.46, -14.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.17, 27.38, 211.05°)
OKLab	oklab(89.77% -0.0769 -0.0388)
OKLCH	oklch(89.77% 0.086 206.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.4012, 74.5310, 101.6270)
Luminance	0.7453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96EEFA #FAA296

analogous

#96FAD4 #96EEFA #96BCFA

triadic

#96EEFA #FA96EE #EEFA96

tetradic

#96EEFA #D496FA #FAA296 #BCFA96

square

#96EEFA #D496FA #FAA296 #BCFA96

split-complementary

#96EEFA #FA96BC #FAD496

monochromatic

#21DBF4 #5CE5F7 #96EEFA #D0F7FD #E2FAFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#96EEFA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.91

#96EEFA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96EEFA

15.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96EEFA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96EEFA	1.00	1.32	15.91	15.91
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1E7FB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0DBFA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BF5F1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96eefa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 238, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.086 206.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9f3fc',
    500: '#96eefa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96eefa;
$custom-light: #b9f3fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96eefa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.2,
    "s": 90.909,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89768,
    "c": 0.08613,
    "h": 206.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.74535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96EEFA

secondary

#DA695A

accent

#1C00E6

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F8FEFF

border

#D1D6D7

text

#121717

muted

#828585

Preview Lab

Preview with #96EEFA

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

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