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Colour

#96BDCF

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

#96BDCF is a cyan with RGB values 150, 189, 207 and HSL 199°, 37%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#96BDCF#96BDCF
HEX#96BDCF
RGBrgb(150, 189, 207)
RGB (0–1)0.5882, 0.7412, 0.8118
RGB percentages58.8%, 74.1%, 81.2%
HSLhsl(198.9, 37.3%, 70%)
HSV / HSBhsv(198.9, 27.5%, 81.2%)
CMYK27.5%, 8.7%, 0%, 18.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,878,991
CSS custom property--colour: #96BDCF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47384WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness180.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.48:1
Contrast with white2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.48:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B6B6B6
Inverted#694230

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B4BBD0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#ABB4CFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.5 from the original
Tritanopia#84C2C3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.48:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 8.8Light blue · ΔE 9.8Sky blue · ΔE 11.1Powder blue · ΔE 13.9Light skyblue · ΔE 16.2Silver · ΔE 16.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 8.79, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CFA896
Analogous#96CFC4, #96A1CF
Triadic#CF96BD, #BDCF96
Split complementary#CF96A1, #CFC496
Tetradic#C496CF, #CFA896, #A1CF96

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DCE9EF
Lighter +10%#B9D3DF
Darker −10%#73A7BF
Darker −20%#5091AF
Darker −30%#40748C
Darker −40%#305769
More saturated +25%#83C4E2
Less saturated −25%#A9B6BC

Channel breakdown

R150
G189
B207
Red150 (58.8%)
Green189 (74.1%)
Blue207 (81.2%)
Hue198.95°
Saturation (HSL)37.25%
Lightness70%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 96 · G BD · B CF

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