#96cbd8

Color #96cbd8

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Light Blue #add8e6 · ΔE 6.16 Nearest Tailwind class sky-200 #b8e6fe · ΔE 8.6

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Conversions

HEX

#96cbd8

RGB

rgb(150, 203, 216)

HSL

hsl(191.8, 45.8%, 71.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(191.8, 30.6%, 84.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(30.6%, 6%, 0%, 15.3%)

LAB

lab(78.55, -14.06, -12)

LCH

lch(78.55, 18.48, 220.48)

OKLCH

oklch(81%, 0.0578, 214.57)

HWB

hwb(191.8, 58.8%, 15.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d8a396

Analogous

#96d8c4

#96cbd8

#96aad8

Triadic

#96cbd8

#d896cb

#cbd896

Split-complementary

#96cbd8

#d896aa

#d8c496

Tetradic

#96cbd8

#a396d8

#d8a396

#cbd896

Square

#96cbd8

#c496d8

#d8a396

#aad896

Shades

Color #96cbd8 mixed toward black.

#6ab5c7

#429cb2

#327585

#214e59

#11272c

Tints

Color #96cbd8 mixed toward white.

#a8d4df

#b9dce5

#cbe5ec

#dceef2

#eef6f9

Tones

Color #96cbd8 mixed toward gray.

#9cc8d3

#a1c4cd

#a7c1c8

#acbec2

#b2babd

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.78:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.83:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.83:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b0b0d5 · ΔE 21.5

Deuteranopia

#aca8d4 · ΔE 23

Tritanopia

#99d3d2 · ΔE 6.4

Achromatopsia

#c2c2c2 · ΔE 15.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #96cbd8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#96cbd8]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Frequently asked questions

#96cbd8 (#96cbd8) is rgb(150, 203, 216) in RGB.

No, #96cbd8 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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