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Recognised as Colour

#95BDCE

  • #95BDCE
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#95BDCE is a cyan with RGB values 149, 189, 206 and HSL 198°, 37%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#95BDCE#95BDCE
HEX#95BDCE
RGBrgb(149, 189, 206)
RGB (0–1)0.5843, 0.7412, 0.8078
RGB percentages58.4%, 74.1%, 80.8%
HSLhsl(197.9, 36.8%, 69.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(197.9, 27.7%, 80.8%)
CMYK27.7%, 8.3%, 0%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,813,454
CSS custom property--colour: #95BDCE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47241WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness180.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.45:1
Contrast with white2.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.45:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B6B6B6
Inverted#6A4231

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B4BBCFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#ABB4CEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.7 from the original
Tritanopia#83C2C2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.01:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.45:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 9.4Light blue · ΔE 9.7Sky blue · ΔE 11.1Powder blue · ΔE 13.6Silver · ΔE 16.3Light skyblue · ΔE 16.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 9.38, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CEA695
Analogous#95CEC2, #95A1CE
Triadic#CE95BD, #BDCE95
Split complementary#CE95A1, #CEC395
Tetradic#C295CE, #CEA695, #A0CE95

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FEFEFE
Lighter +20%#DBE8EE
Lighter +10%#B8D3DE
Darker −10%#72A7BE
Darker −20%#5091AD
Darker −30%#40748A
Darker −40%#305767
More saturated +25%#82C5E1
Less saturated −25%#A8B5BB

Channel breakdown

R149
G189
B206
Red149 (58.4%)
Green189 (74.1%)
Blue206 (80.8%)
Hue197.89°
Saturation (HSL)36.77%
Lightness69.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 95 · G BD · B CE

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