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Recognised as Colour

#96ACFF

  • #96ACFF
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#96ACFF is a blue with RGB values 150, 172, 255 and HSL 227°, 100%, 79%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#96ACFF#96ACFF
HEX#96ACFF
RGBrgb(150, 172, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.5882, 0.6745, 1
RGB percentages58.8%, 67.5%, 100%
HSLhsl(227.4, 100%, 79.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(227.4, 41.2%, 100%)
CMYK41.2%, 32.5%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,874,687
CSS custom property--colour: #96ACFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43209WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness177.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.64:1
Contrast with white2.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.64:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ADADAD
Inverted#695300

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8FB4FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#86ACFDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.6 from the original
Tritanopia#73BDCAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.18:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 11.8Dodgerblue · ΔE 23.5Steel blue · ΔE 28Light skyblue · ΔE 29.1Plum · ΔE 29.3Medium purple · ΔE 30
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 11.84, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFE996
Analogous#96E1FF, #B596FF
Triadic#FF96AC, #ACFF96
Split complementary#FFB596, #E1FF96
Tetradic#FF96E1, #FFE996, #96FFB5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FCFDFF
Lighter +10%#C9D4FF
Darker −10%#6384FF
Darker −20%#305BFF
Darker −30%#0035FC
Darker −40%#002AC9
More saturated +25%#96ACFF
Less saturated −25%#A3B4F2

Channel breakdown

R150
G172
B255
Red150 (58.8%)
Green172 (67.5%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue227.43°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness79.41%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 96 · G AC · B FF

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