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Recognised as Colour

#96ABDF

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

#96ABDF is a blue with RGB values 150, 171, 223 and HSL 223°, 53%, 73%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#96ABDF#96ABDF
HEX#96ABDF
RGBrgb(150, 171, 223)
RGB (0–1)0.5882, 0.6706, 0.8745
RGB percentages58.8%, 67.1%, 87.5%
HSLhsl(222.7, 53.3%, 73.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(222.7, 32.7%, 87.5%)
CMYK32.7%, 23.3%, 0%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,874,399
CSS custom property--colour: #96ABDF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40938WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness171.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.19:1
Contrast with white2.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.19:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AAAAAA
Inverted#695420

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9AAFE1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#94A9DEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Tritanopia#81B5BDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.29:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.19:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 16.9Light skyblue · ΔE 18.4Steel blue · ΔE 20.1Cornflower blue · ΔE 22.7Sky blue · ΔE 22.9Thistle · ΔE 23.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 16.9, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DFCA96
Analogous#96D0DF, #A696DF
Triadic#DF96AB, #ABDF96
Split complementary#DFA696, #D0DF96
Tetradic#DF96D0, #DFCA96, #96DFA6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E4EAF7
Lighter +10%#BDCAEB
Darker −10%#6F8CD3
Darker −20%#486CC7
Darker −30%#3355A9
Darker −40%#274182
More saturated +25%#85A4F0
Less saturated −25%#A7B2CE

Channel breakdown

R150
G171
B223
Red150 (58.8%)
Green171 (67.1%)
Blue223 (87.5%)
Hue222.74°
Saturation (HSL)53.28%
Lightness73.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 96 · G AB · B DF

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