#96cbe5

Color #96cbe5

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 4.89 Nearest Tailwind class sky-300 #74d4ff · ΔE 5.8

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Conversions

HEX

#96cbe5

RGB

rgb(150, 203, 229)

HSL

hsl(199.7, 60.3%, 74.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(199.7, 34.5%, 89.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(34.5%, 11.4%, 0%, 10.2%)

LAB

lab(78.96, -10.92, -18.37)

LCH

lch(78.96, 21.37, 239.27)

OKLCH

oklch(81.4%, 0.0661, 229.73)

HWB

hwb(199.7, 58.8%, 10.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e5b096

Analogous

#96e5d7

#96cbe5

#96a4e5

Triadic

#96cbe5

#e596cb

#cbe596

Split-complementary

#96cbe5

#e596a4

#e5d796

Tetradic

#96cbe5

#b096e5

#e5b096

#cbe596

Square

#96cbe5

#d796e5

#e5b096

#a4e596

Shades

Color #96cbe5 mixed toward black.

#63b2d8

#3298ca

#267298

#194c65

#0d2633

Tints

Color #96cbe5 mixed toward white.

#a7d4e9

#b9dcee

#cae5f2

#dceef6

#edf6fb

Tones

Color #96cbe5 mixed toward gray.

#9dc9de

#a3c7d8

#aac4d1

#b0c2cb

#b7c0c4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.75:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.97:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.97:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b0b0df · ΔE 18.4

Deuteranopia

#aca8de · ΔE 19.2

Tritanopia

#99dad9 · ΔE 11.9

Achromatopsia

#c3c3c3 · ΔE 15.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #96cbe5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#96cbe5]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#96cbe5 (#96cbe5) is rgb(150, 203, 229) in RGB.

No, #96cbe5 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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