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Recognised as Colour

#96C0BB

  • #96C0BB
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#96C0BB is a cyan with RGB values 150, 192, 187 and HSL 173°, 25%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#96C0BB#96C0BB
HEX#96C0BB
RGBrgb(150, 192, 187)
RGB (0–1)0.5882, 0.7529, 0.7333
RGB percentages58.8%, 75.3%, 73.3%
HSLhsl(172.9, 25%, 67.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(172.9, 21.9%, 75.3%)
CMYK21.9%, 0%, 2.6%, 24.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,879,739
CSS custom property--colour: #96C0BB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47771WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness179.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.55:1
Contrast with white1.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.55:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B7B7B7
Inverted#693F44

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BBBBBBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#B3B5BCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.7 from the original
Tritanopia#8AC2BEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.99:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 12.9Light blue · ΔE 13.7Cadetblue · ΔE 15.3Silver · ΔE 15.4Dark grey · ΔE 16Pale turquoise · ΔE 16.7
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 12.93, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C0969B
Analogous#96C0A6, #96B0C0
Triadic#BB96C0, #C0BB96
Split complementary#C096B0, #C0A696
Tetradic#A696C0, #C0969B, #B0C096

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F6F9F9
Lighter +20%#D6E6E4
Lighter +10%#B6D3D0
Darker −10%#76ADA6
Darker −20%#5A968F
Darker −30%#477671
Darker −40%#345652
More saturated +25%#81D5CB
Less saturated −25%#ABABAB

Channel breakdown

R150
G192
B187
Red150 (58.8%)
Green192 (75.3%)
Blue187 (73.3%)
Hue172.86°
Saturation (HSL)25%
Lightness67.06%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 96 · G C0 · B BB

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