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Recognised as Colour

#96B4BB

  • #96B4BB
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#96B4BB is a cyan with RGB values 150, 180, 187 and HSL 191°, 21%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#96B4BB#96B4BB
HEX#96B4BB
RGBrgb(150, 180, 187)
RGB (0–1)0.5882, 0.7059, 0.7333
RGB percentages58.8%, 70.6%, 73.3%
HSLhsl(191.4, 21.4%, 66.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(191.4, 19.8%, 73.3%)
CMYK19.8%, 3.7%, 0%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,876,667
CSS custom property--colour: #96B4BB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42714WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness172.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.54:1
Contrast with white2.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.54:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AEAEAE
Inverted#694B44

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AEB2BBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#A8ADBBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.7 from the original
Tritanopia#8BB7B6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.2:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 11.3Silver · ΔE 12.8Light steelblue · ΔE 13.1Light blue · ΔE 13.4Cadetblue · ΔE 15Powder blue · ΔE 15.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 11.3, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BB9D96
Analogous#96BBB0, #96A2BB
Triadic#BB96B4, #B4BB96
Split complementary#BB96A2, #BBB096
Tetradic#B096BB, #BB9D96, #A2BB96

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F3F6F7
Lighter +20%#D4E0E3
Lighter +10%#B5CACF
Darker −10%#779EA7
Darker −20%#5C858F
Darker −30%#486870
Darker −40%#344B51
More saturated +25%#80C1D1
Less saturated −25%#A9A9A9

Channel breakdown

R150
G180
B187
Red150 (58.8%)
Green180 (70.6%)
Blue187 (73.3%)
Hue191.35°
Saturation (HSL)21.39%
Lightness66.08%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 96 · G B4 · B BB

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