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Recognised as Colour

#96AFEF

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

#96AFEF is a blue with RGB values 150, 175, 239 and HSL 223°, 74%, 76%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#96AFEF#96AFEF
HEX#96AFEF
RGBrgb(150, 175, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.5882, 0.6863, 0.9373
RGB percentages58.8%, 68.6%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(223.1, 73.6%, 76.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(223.1, 37.2%, 93.7%)
CMYK37.2%, 26.8%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,875,439
CSS custom property--colour: #96AFEF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43376WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness176.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.68:1
Contrast with white2.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.68:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AEAEAE
Inverted#695010

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9AB4F2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#91ACEEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original
Tritanopia#7ABCC5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.17:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 17.8Light skyblue · ΔE 20.3Light steelblue · ΔE 22.1Steel blue · ΔE 22.3Deep skyblue · ΔE 25.7Sky blue · ΔE 26.5
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 17.8, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EFD696
Analogous#96DBEF, #AA96EF
Triadic#EF96AF, #AFEF96
Split complementary#EFA996, #DCEF96
Tetradic#EF96DB, #EFD696, #96EFA9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EFF2FC
Lighter +10%#C2D1F6
Darker −10%#6A8DE8
Darker −20%#3D6CE2
Darker −30%#1F50CD
Darker −40%#183FA1
More saturated +25%#87A8FE
Less saturated −25%#A5B6E0

Channel breakdown

R150
G175
B239
Red150 (58.8%)
Green175 (68.6%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue223.15°
Saturation (HSL)73.55%
Lightness76.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 96 · G AF · B EF

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