#96dad8

Color #96dad8

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Pale Turquoise #afeeee · ΔE 7.66 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-200 #a2f4fd · ΔE 7

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Conversions

HEX

#96dad8

RGB

rgb(150, 218, 216)

HSL

hsl(178.2, 47.9%, 72.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(178.2, 31.2%, 85.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(31.2%, 0%, 0.9%, 14.5%)

LAB

lab(82.69, -21.66, -5.85)

LCH

lch(82.69, 22.44, 195.11)

OKLCH

oklch(84.3%, 0.0683, 193.63)

HWB

hwb(178.2, 58.8%, 14.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#da9698

Analogous

#96dab6

#96dad8

#96bada

Triadic

#96dad8

#d896da

#dad896

Split-complementary

#96dad8

#da96ba

#dab696

Tetradic

#96dad8

#9698da

#da9698

#dad896

Square

#96dad8

#b696da

#da9698

#bada96

Shades

Color #96dad8 mixed toward black.

#69cac7

#40b6b2

#308886

#205b59

#102d2d

Tints

Color #96dad8 mixed toward white.

#a8e0df

#b9e6e5

#cbedec

#dcf3f2

#eef9f9

Tones

Color #96dad8 mixed toward gray.

#9cd4d3

#a1cfcd

#a7c9c8

#adc3c3

#b2bebd

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.58:1

Aa Black text on this color

13.32:1

Black text reads better on this background (13.32:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b8b8d8 · ΔE 25.6

Deuteranopia

#b3aed9 · ΔE 27.8

Tritanopia

#9ad9d9 · ΔE 1.2

Achromatopsia

#cecece · ΔE 18.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #96dad8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#96dad8]

Related colors

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Frequently asked questions

#96dad8 (#96dad8) is rgb(150, 218, 216) in RGB.

No, #96dad8 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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