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Recognised as Colour

#96A3CF

  • #96A3CF
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#96A3CF is a blue with RGB values 150, 163, 207 and HSL 226°, 37%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#96A3CF#96A3CF
HEX#96A3CF
RGBrgb(150, 163, 207)
RGB (0–1)0.5882, 0.6392, 0.8118
RGB percentages58.8%, 63.9%, 81.2%
HSLhsl(226.3, 37.3%, 70%)
HSV / HSBhsv(226.3, 27.5%, 81.2%)
CMYK27.5%, 21.3%, 0%, 18.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,872,335
CSS custom property--colour: #96A3CF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37183WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness164.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.44:1
Contrast with white2.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.44:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A3A3A3
Inverted#695C30

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#96A7D1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#91A2CEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original
Tritanopia#87ABB2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.49:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.44:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 15.5Light slate grey · ΔE 18.8Steel blue · ΔE 19.5Light skyblue · ΔE 20.8Thistle · ΔE 21Slate grey · ΔE 21.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 15.54, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CFC296
Analogous#96C0CF, #A596CF
Triadic#CF96A3, #A3CF96
Split complementary#CFA596, #BFCF96
Tetradic#CF96C0, #CFC296, #96CFA5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DCE0EF
Lighter +10%#B9C2DF
Darker −10%#7384BF
Darker −20%#5066AF
Darker −30%#40518C
Darker −40%#303D69
More saturated +25%#8399E2
Less saturated −25%#A9ADBC

Channel breakdown

R150
G163
B207
Red150 (58.8%)
Green163 (63.9%)
Blue207 (81.2%)
Hue226.32°
Saturation (HSL)37.25%
Lightness70%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 96 · G A3 · B CF

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