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Recognised as Colour

#96BBED

  • #96BBED
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#96BBED is a blue with RGB values 150, 187, 237 and HSL 214°, 71%, 76%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#96BBED#96BBED
HEX#96BBED
RGBrgb(150, 187, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.5882, 0.7333, 0.9294
RGB percentages58.8%, 73.3%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(214.5, 70.7%, 75.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(214.5, 36.7%, 92.9%)
CMYK36.7%, 21.1%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,878,509
CSS custom property--colour: #96BBED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48139WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness183.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.63:1
Contrast with white1.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B7B7B7
Inverted#694412

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A9BDEFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#9FB5ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.7 from the original
Tritanopia#7AC6CCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.98:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 11.5Light steelblue · ΔE 14.1Sky blue · ΔE 16.9Light blue · ΔE 22.2Deep skyblue · ΔE 22.2Steel blue · ΔE 23
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 11.54, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EDC896
Analogous#96E7ED, #9C96ED
Triadic#ED96BB, #BBED96
Split complementary#ED9C96, #E7ED96
Tetradic#ED96E7, #EDC896, #96ED9C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EDF3FC
Lighter +10%#C2D7F4
Darker −10%#6A9FE6
Darker −20%#3F83DE
Darker −30%#2269C8
Darker −40%#1B529C
More saturated +25%#87B9FC
Less saturated −25%#A5BDDE

Channel breakdown

R150
G187
B237
Red150 (58.8%)
Green187 (73.3%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue214.48°
Saturation (HSL)70.73%
Lightness75.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 96 · G BB · B ED

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