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Recognised as Colour

#96BAC9

  • #96BAC9
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#96BAC9 is a cyan with RGB values 150, 186, 201 and HSL 198°, 32%, 69%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#96BAC9#96BAC9
HEX#96BAC9
RGBrgb(150, 186, 201)
RGB (0–1)0.5882, 0.7294, 0.7882
RGB percentages58.8%, 72.9%, 78.8%
HSLhsl(197.6, 32.1%, 68.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(197.6, 25.4%, 78.8%)
CMYK25.4%, 7.5%, 0%, 21.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,878,217
CSS custom property--colour: #96BAC9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45819WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness177.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.16:1
Contrast with white2.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B3B3B3
Inverted#694536

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B2B8CAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#AAB2C9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.7 from the original
Tritanopia#87BFBFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.07:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 9.7Light blue · ΔE 10.6Sky blue · ΔE 12.9Powder blue · ΔE 14.3Dark grey · ΔE 15Silver · ΔE 15.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 9.66, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C9A596
Analogous#96C9BF, #96A1C9
Triadic#C996BA, #BAC996
Split complementary#C996A1, #C9BE96
Tetradic#BF96C9, #C9A596, #A1C996

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FBFCFD
Lighter +20%#D9E6EC
Lighter +10%#B8D0DA
Darker −10%#74A4B8
Darker −20%#558DA4
Darker −30%#437083
Darker −40%#325361
More saturated +25%#82C2DD
Less saturated −25%#AAB2B5

Channel breakdown

R150
G186
B201
Red150 (58.8%)
Green186 (72.9%)
Blue201 (78.8%)
Hue197.65°
Saturation (HSL)32.08%
Lightness68.82%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 96 · G BA · B C9

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