Light teal
#96EAED
#96EAED is a light teal with medium intensity, at step 200 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 13.7:1. On white it reaches only 1.4:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#96EAED shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #96EAED kept exactly at step 200. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 DEFEFF
- 100 BCF8FA
- 200 96EAED
- 300 84CED1
- 400 62B2B5
- 500 42979A
- 600 227B7F
- 700 006265
- 800 004A4C
- 900 003334
- 950 001D1E
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-teal-50: #defeff; --color-teal-100: #bcf8fa; --color-teal-200: #96eaed; --color-teal-300: #84ced1; --color-teal-400: #62b2b5; --color-teal-500: #42979a; --color-teal-600: #227b7f; --color-teal-700: #006265; --color-teal-800: #004a4c; --color-teal-900: #003334; --color-teal-950: #001d1e;}Is #96EAED readable?
Contrast for text on #96EAED and for #96EAED used as text. WCAG 2.2 asks for 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text; APCA Lc rates how comfortable the text is to read.
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
White text on it
Fail · 1.4APCA Lc 21 · Dividers and decoration only
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
Dark text on it
AAA · 13.7APCA Lc 85 · Body text
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #2A8286 · 4.5:1 Check in contrast tool
As text on white
Fail · 1.4APCA Lc 18 · Dividers and decoration only
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
As text on a dark background
AAA · 13.7APCA Lc 85 · Body text
Color palettes with #96EAED
Six palettes built around #96EAED, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#96EAED · #00B2DD · #00C489 · #DFECFF · #1A2728
- Complementary#96EAED · #CD7A84 · #FF8999 · #ADEBEE · #252F2F
- Split complementary#96EAED · #BD7796 · #EB8658 · #92ECEB · #1A3232
- Triadic#96EAED · #AE7CB3 · #EEAD12 · #A0F4F3 · #203132
- Tetradic#96EAED · #827BD4 · #FB665E · #EDD57A · #1E2C2D
- Monochromatic#96EAED · #159D9C · #00D3D3 · #93FEF8 · #112325
#96EAED as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #96EAED looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #DEFEFF
- Brand 100, #BCF8FA
- Brand 200, #96EAED
- Brand 300, #84CED1
- Brand 400, #62B2B5
- Brand 500, #42979A
- Brand 600, #227B7F
- Brand 700, #006265
- Brand 800, #004A4C
- Brand 900, #003334
- Brand 950, #001D1E
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #F9FAFA
- Neutral 100, #F2F5F5
- Neutral 200, #E2E6E6
- Neutral 300, #CFD6D6
- Neutral 400, #99A3A3
- Neutral 500, #6B7676
- Neutral 600, #4C5757
- Neutral 700, #394243
- Neutral 800, #212A2A
- Neutral 900, #111A1A
- Neutral 950, #050C0C
Success
- Success 50, #E3FFEE
- Success 100, #B4FFD6
- Success 200, #9AEFC1
- Success 300, #77D6A6
- Success 400, #51BB88
- Success 500, #38AA77
- Success 600, #008254
- Success 700, #006641
- Success 800, #004D30
- Success 900, #003520
- Success 950, #001F10
Warning
- Warning 50, #FFF6E5
- Warning 100, #FFE8C0
- Warning 200, #FCD387
- Warning 300, #E4B352
- Warning 400, #C99B3B
- Warning 500, #AE7F06
- Warning 600, #8D6600
- Warning 700, #6F4F00
- Warning 800, #543B00
- Warning 900, #3A2800
- Warning 950, #221600
Danger
- Danger 50, #FFF4F2
- Danger 100, #FFE4E0
- Danger 200, #FFCBC2
- Danger 300, #FFA396
- Danger 400, #F77767
- Danger 500, #D45345
- Danger 600, #B93C30
- Danger 700, #99221A
- Danger 800, #7B0805
- Danger 900, #580000
- Danger 950, #360000
Info
- Info 50, #EEF9FF
- Info 100, #D6EFFF
- Info 200, #AFE1FF
- Info 300, #74CBFC
- Info 400, #4EAEE1
- Info 500, #2591C4
- Info 600, #0076A5
- Info 700, #005D82
- Info 800, #004563
- Info 900, #003045
- Info 950, #001B2A
- Primary buttons use Brand 200 with neutral 950 text, at 14.4:1.
- In dark mode primary stays Brand 200: it already reads on the dark background at 14.4:1.
- Neutrals carry a hint of its hue, so grays, borders and surfaces feel related to the brand.
- Success, warning, danger and info lean toward its hue and stay easy to tell apart.
Colors related to #96EAED
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