#96c9dc

Color #96c9dc

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Light Blue #add8e6 · ΔE 6.69 Nearest Tailwind class sky-300 #74d4ff · ΔE 7.4

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Conversions

HEX

#96c9dc

RGB

rgb(150, 201, 220)

HSL

hsl(196.3, 50%, 72.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(196.3, 31.8%, 86.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(31.8%, 8.6%, 0%, 13.7%)

LAB

lab(78.12, -12.07, -14.79)

LCH

lch(78.12, 19.09, 230.78)

OKLCH

oklch(80.7%, 0.0595, 222.89)

HWB

hwb(196.3, 58.8%, 13.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dca996

Analogous

#96dccc

#96c9dc

#96a6dc

Triadic

#96c9dc

#dc96c9

#c9dc96

Split-complementary

#96c9dc

#dc96a6

#dccc96

Tetradic

#96c9dc

#a996dc

#dca996

#c9dc96

Square

#96c9dc

#cc96dc

#dca996

#a6dc96

Shades

Color #96c9dc mixed toward black.

#68b1cd

#3e97b9

#2e728b

#1f4c5c

#0f262e

Tints

Color #96c9dc mixed toward white.

#a7d2e2

#b9dbe8

#cae4ed

#dcedf3

#edf6f9

Tones

Color #96c9dc mixed toward gray.

#9cc6d6

#a2c4d0

#a7c1ca

#adbec5

#b3bcbf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.8:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.68:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.68:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#aeafd8 · ΔE 19.6

Deuteranopia

#aba7d7 · ΔE 20.9

Tritanopia

#99d4d3 · ΔE 9.1

Achromatopsia

#c1c1c1 · ΔE 15.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #96c9dc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#96c9dc]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Frequently asked questions

#96c9dc (#96c9dc) is rgb(150, 201, 220) in RGB.

No, #96c9dc is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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