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Recognised as Colour

#96ACBF

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

#96ACBF is a blue with RGB values 150, 172, 191 and HSL 208°, 24%, 67%. 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

#96ACBF#96ACBF
HEX#96ACBF
RGBrgb(150, 172, 191)
RGB (0–1)0.5882, 0.6745, 0.749
RGB percentages58.8%, 67.5%, 74.9%
HSLhsl(207.8, 24.3%, 66.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(207.8, 21.5%, 74.9%)
CMYK21.5%, 9.9%, 0%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,874,623
CSS custom property--colour: #96ACBF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39751WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness168.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.95:1
Contrast with white2.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.95:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A9A9A9
Inverted#695340

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A5ACC0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#9FA7BFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.8 from the original
Tritanopia#8BB1B2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.35:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 9.9Dark grey · ΔE 12.7Light slate grey · ΔE 13.5Silver · ΔE 15.2Light blue · ΔE 16.3Slate grey · ΔE 16.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 9.87, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BFA996
Analogous#96BFBE, #9698BF
Triadic#BF96AC, #ACBF96
Split complementary#BF9698, #BFBE96
Tetradic#BE96BF, #BFA996, #98BF96

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F5F7F9
Lighter +20%#D5DEE6
Lighter +10%#B6C5D2
Darker −10%#7693AC
Darker −20%#5B7A94
Darker −30%#476075
Darker −40%#344655
More saturated +25%#81AED4
Less saturated −25%#ABABAB

Channel breakdown

R150
G172
B191
Red150 (58.8%)
Green172 (67.5%)
Blue191 (74.9%)
Hue207.8°
Saturation (HSL)24.26%
Lightness66.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 96 · G AC · B BF

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