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Recognised as Colour

#96A9DB

  • #96A9DB
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#96A9DB is a blue with RGB values 150, 169, 219 and HSL 223°, 49%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#96A9DB#96A9DB
HEX#96A9DB
RGBrgb(150, 169, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.5882, 0.6627, 0.8588
RGB percentages58.8%, 66.3%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(223.5, 48.9%, 72.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(223.5, 31.5%, 85.9%)
CMYK31.5%, 22.8%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,873,883
CSS custom property--colour: #96A9DB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39974WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness170.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.99:1
Contrast with white2.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.99:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A9A9A9
Inverted#695624

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#99ADDDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#93A7DAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original
Tritanopia#83B3BAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.33:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 16.4Light skyblue · ΔE 18.9Steel blue · ΔE 19.8Light slate grey · ΔE 22.4Thistle · ΔE 22.6Sky blue · ΔE 22.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 16.41, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DBC896
Analogous#96CBDB, #A696DB
Triadic#DB96A9, #A9DB96
Split complementary#DBA696, #CBDB96
Tetradic#DB96CB, #DBC896, #96DBA6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E2E7F5
Lighter +10%#BCC8E8
Darker −10%#708ACE
Darker −20%#4A6BC1
Darker −30%#3754A1
Darker −40%#2A407B
More saturated +25%#84A1ED
Less saturated −25%#A8B1C9

Channel breakdown

R150
G169
B219
Red150 (58.8%)
Green169 (66.3%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue223.48°
Saturation (HSL)48.94%
Lightness72.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 96 · G A9 · B DB

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