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Recognised as Colour

#96ABBD

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

#96ABBD is a blue with RGB values 150, 171, 189 and HSL 208°, 23%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#96ABBD#96ABBD
HEX#96ABBD
RGBrgb(150, 171, 189)
RGB (0–1)0.5882, 0.6706, 0.7412
RGB percentages58.8%, 67.1%, 74.1%
HSLhsl(207.7, 22.8%, 66.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(207.7, 20.6%, 74.1%)
CMYK20.6%, 9.5%, 0%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,874,365
CSS custom property--colour: #96ABBD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39284WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness167.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.86:1
Contrast with white2.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A8A8A8
Inverted#695442

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A4ABBEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5 from the original
Deuteranopia#9FA6BDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.8 from the original
Tritanopia#8CAFB1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.37:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 10.4Dark grey · ΔE 12.1Light slate grey · ΔE 13.1Silver · ΔE 14.9Slate grey · ΔE 16.2Light blue · ΔE 16.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 10.35, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BDA896
Analogous#96BDBC, #9697BD
Triadic#BD96AB, #ABBD96
Split complementary#BD9697, #BDBC96
Tetradic#BC96BD, #BDA896, #97BD96

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F4F6F8
Lighter +20%#D5DDE4
Lighter +10%#B5C4D1
Darker −10%#7792A9
Darker −20%#5B7992
Darker −30%#485F72
Darker −40%#344553
More saturated +25%#81ADD2
Less saturated −25%#AAAAAA

Channel breakdown

R150
G171
B189
Red150 (58.8%)
Green171 (67.1%)
Blue189 (74.1%)
Hue207.69°
Saturation (HSL)22.81%
Lightness66.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 96 · G AB · B BD

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