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Recognised as Colour

#96A9B1

  • #96A9B1
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#96A9B1 is a cyan with RGB values 150, 169, 177 and HSL 198°, 15%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#96A9B1#96A9B1
HEX#96A9B1
RGBrgb(150, 169, 177)
RGB (0–1)0.5882, 0.6627, 0.6941
RGB percentages58.8%, 66.3%, 69.4%
HSLhsl(197.8, 14.8%, 64.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(197.8, 15.3%, 69.4%)
CMYK15.3%, 4.5%, 0%, 30.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,873,841
CSS custom property--colour: #96A9B1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38034WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness164.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.61:1
Contrast with white2.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A6A6A6
Inverted#69564E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A5A8B1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#A0A4B1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.2 from the original
Tritanopia#8FACABno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.44:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 8.1Silver · ΔE 12.6Light slate grey · ΔE 13.3Light steelblue · ΔE 14.1Slate grey · ΔE 16Cadetblue · ΔE 16.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 8.12, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B19E96
Analogous#96B1AB, #969BB1
Triadic#B196A9, #A9B196
Split complementary#B1969B, #B1AB96
Tetradic#AB96B1, #B19E96, #9BB196

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EEF1F2
Lighter +20%#D1D9DC
Lighter +10%#B3C1C7
Darker −10%#79919B
Darker −20%#607781
Darker −30%#4A5C64
Darker −40%#344147
More saturated +25%#7FB2C8
Less saturated −25%#A3A3A3

Channel breakdown

R150
G169
B177
Red150 (58.8%)
Green169 (66.3%)
Blue177 (69.4%)
Hue197.78°
Saturation (HSL)14.75%
Lightness64.12%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 96 · G A9 · B B1

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