Colour

#95BBCD

#95BBCD
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light steelblue

#95BBCD is a cyan with RGB values 149, 187, 205 and HSL 199°, 36%, 69%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#95BBCD#95BBCD

HEX#95BBCD

RGBrgb(149, 187, 205)

RGB (0–1)0.5843, 0.7333, 0.8039

RGB percentages58.4%, 73.3%, 80.4%

HSLhsl(199.3, 35.9%, 69.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(199.3, 27.3%, 80.4%)

CMYK27.3%, 8.8%, 0%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,812,941

CSS custom property--colour: #95BBCD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46338WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness178.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.27:1

Contrast with white2.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B4B4B4

Inverted#6A4432

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B2B9CEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#A9B2CDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.2 from the original

Tritanopia#84C0C1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.05:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text10.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 8.9 Light blue · ΔE 10.5 Sky blue · ΔE 11.6 Powder blue · ΔE 14.5 Silver · ΔE 16.2 Dark grey · ΔE 16.4

Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 8.89, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#CDA795

Analogous#95CDC3, #959FCD

Triadic#CD95BB, #BBCD95

Split complementary#CD959F, #CDC395

Tetradic#C395CD, #CDA795, #9FCD95

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FDFEFE

Lighter +20%#DAE7EE

Lighter +10%#B8D1DD

Darker −10%#72A5BD

Darker −20%#518EAB

Darker −30%#407189

Darker −40%#305566

More saturated +25%#82C2E1

Less saturated −25%#A9B4BA

Channel breakdown

R149

G187

B205

Red149 (58.4%)

Green187 (73.3%)

Blue205 (80.4%)

Hue199.29°

Saturation (HSL)35.9%

Lightness69.41%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 95 · G BB · B CD

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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