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Recognised as Colour

#96ABC0

  • #96ABC0
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#96ABC0 is a blue with RGB values 150, 171, 192 and HSL 210°, 25%, 67%. 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

#96ABC0#96ABC0
HEX#96ABC0
RGBrgb(150, 171, 192)
RGB (0–1)0.5882, 0.6706, 0.7529
RGB percentages58.8%, 67.1%, 75.3%
HSLhsl(210, 25%, 67.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(210, 21.9%, 75.3%)
CMYK21.9%, 10.9%, 0%, 24.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,874,368
CSS custom property--colour: #96ABC0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39416WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness167.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.88:1
Contrast with white2.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A8A8A8
Inverted#69543F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A3ABC1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#9EA7C0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.8 from the original
Tritanopia#8BB0B2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.36:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 9.7Light slate grey · ΔE 13.3Dark grey · ΔE 13.4Silver · ΔE 16Slate grey · ΔE 16.4Light blue · ΔE 17
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 9.72, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C0AB96
Analogous#96C0C0, #9696C0
Triadic#C096AB, #ABC096
Split complementary#C09696, #C0C096
Tetradic#C096C0, #C0AB96, #96C096

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F6F8F9
Lighter +20%#D6DEE6
Lighter +10%#B6C5D3
Darker −10%#7692AD
Darker −20%#5A7896
Darker −30%#475F76
Darker −40%#344556
More saturated +25%#81ABD5
Less saturated −25%#ABABAB

Channel breakdown

R150
G171
B192
Red150 (58.8%)
Green171 (67.1%)
Blue192 (75.3%)
Hue210°
Saturation (HSL)25%
Lightness67.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 96 · G AB · B C0

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