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Recognised as Colour

#96C2CE

  • #96C2CE
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light blue

#96C2CE is a cyan with RGB values 150, 194, 206 and HSL 193°, 36%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#96C2CE#96C2CE
HEX#96C2CE
RGBrgb(150, 194, 206)
RGB (0–1)0.5882, 0.7608, 0.8078
RGB percentages58.8%, 76.1%, 80.8%
HSLhsl(192.9, 36.4%, 69.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(192.9, 27.2%, 80.8%)
CMYK27.2%, 5.8%, 0%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,880,270
CSS custom property--colour: #96C2CE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.49524WCAG 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 10.9:1
Contrast with white1.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BABABA
Inverted#693D31

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B9BFCFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#B0B8CEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.5 from the original
Tritanopia#84C7C6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.93:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 8.1Powder blue · ΔE 11Sky blue · ΔE 11.5Light steelblue · ΔE 11.7Silver · ΔE 16Pale turquoise · ΔE 16.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 8.11, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CEA296
Analogous#96CEBE, #96A6CE
Triadic#CE96C2, #C2CE96
Split complementary#CE96A6, #CEBE96
Tetradic#BE96CE, #CEA296, #A6CE96

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FEFFFF
Lighter +20%#DCEAEE
Lighter +10%#B9D6DE
Darker −10%#73AEBE
Darker −20%#5199AD
Darker −30%#417B8A
Darker −40%#305C68
More saturated +25%#83CDE1
Less saturated −25%#A9B7BB

Channel breakdown

R150
G194
B206
Red150 (58.8%)
Green194 (76.1%)
Blue206 (80.8%)
Hue192.86°
Saturation (HSL)36.36%
Lightness69.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 96 · G C2 · B CE

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