#96EFEF#96EFEF

#96EFEF is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.744; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.086 H 195.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96EFEF
RGB	rgb(150, 239, 239)
HSL	hsl(180, 74%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(180, 37%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.2%, 0%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.13, -26.59, -8.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.13, 27.90, 197.59°)
OKLab	oklab(89.63% -0.0824 -0.0232)
OKLCH	oklch(89.63% 0.086 195.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.0184, 74.4450, 92.9040)
Luminance	0.7445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96EFEF #EF9696

analogous

#96EFC3 #96EFEF #96C3EF

triadic

#96EFEF #EF96EF #EFEF96

tetradic

#96EFEF #C396EF #EF9696 #C3EF96

square

#96EFEF #C396EF #EF9696 #C3EF96

split-complementary

#96EFEF #EF96C3 #EFC396

monochromatic

#2CDFDF #61E7E7 #96EFEF #CBF7F7 #E4FBFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#96EFEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.89

#96EFEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96EFEF

15.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96EFEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96EFEF	1.00	1.32	15.89	15.89
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4E7EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4DBF0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70F4EF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96efef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 239, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.086 195.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9f4f4',
    500: '#96efef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96efef;
$custom-light: #b9f4f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96efef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 73.554,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89631,
    "c": 0.08559,
    "h": 195.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.74449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96EFEF

secondary

#CB5E5E

accent

#1010D6

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F8FEFE

border

#D1D6D6

text

#121717

muted

#828585

Preview Lab

Preview with #96EFEF

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

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