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Recognised as Colour

#96B0EF

  • #96B0EF
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#96B0EF is a blue with RGB values 150, 176, 239 and HSL 222°, 74%, 76%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#96B0EF#96B0EF
HEX#96B0EF
RGBrgb(150, 176, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.5882, 0.6902, 0.9373
RGB percentages58.8%, 69%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(222.5, 73.6%, 76.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(222.5, 37.2%, 93.7%)
CMYK37.2%, 26.4%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,875,695
CSS custom property--colour: #96B0EF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43767WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness177.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.75:1
Contrast with white2.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AFAFAF
Inverted#694F10

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9BB5F2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#92ADEEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original
Tritanopia#7ABDC6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.15:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 18.4Light skyblue · ΔE 19.6Light steelblue · ΔE 21.5Steel blue · ΔE 22.2Deep skyblue · ΔE 25.3Sky blue · ΔE 25.8
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 18.37, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EFD596
Analogous#96DDEF, #A896EF
Triadic#EF96B0, #B0EF96
Split complementary#EFA896, #DDEF96
Tetradic#EF96DD, #EFD596, #96EFA8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EFF3FC
Lighter +10%#C2D1F6
Darker −10%#6A8FE8
Darker −20%#3D6DE2
Darker −30%#1F52CD
Darker −40%#1840A1
More saturated +25%#87AAFE
Less saturated −25%#A5B6E0

Channel breakdown

R150
G176
B239
Red150 (58.8%)
Green176 (69%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue222.47°
Saturation (HSL)73.55%
Lightness76.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 96 · G B0 · B EF

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