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Recognised as Colour

#96C3EF

  • #96C3EF
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#96C3EF is a blue with RGB values 150, 195, 239 and HSL 210°, 74%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#96C3EF#96C3EF
HEX#96C3EF
RGBrgb(150, 195, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.5882, 0.7647, 0.9373
RGB percentages58.8%, 76.5%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(209.7, 73.6%, 76.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(209.7, 37.2%, 93.7%)
CMYK37.2%, 18.4%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,880,559
CSS custom property--colour: #96C3EF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51746WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness188.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.35:1
Contrast with white1.85:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.35:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BDBDBD
Inverted#693C10

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B2C4F1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#A7BAEEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.5 from the original
Tritanopia#78CDD2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.85:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.35:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 7.4Light steelblue · ΔE 11.7Sky blue · ΔE 12.1Light blue · ΔE 17.8Deep skyblue · ΔE 21.4Powder blue · ΔE 22.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 7.43, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EFC296
Analogous#96EFEF, #9696EF
Triadic#EF96C3, #C3EF96
Split complementary#EF9696, #EFEF96
Tetradic#EF96EF, #EFC296, #96EF96

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EFF6FC
Lighter +10%#C2DCF6
Darker −10%#6AAAE8
Darker −20%#3D90E2
Darker −30%#1F77CD
Darker −40%#185DA1
More saturated +25%#87C3FE
Less saturated −25%#A5C3E0

Channel breakdown

R150
G195
B239
Red150 (58.8%)
Green195 (76.5%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue209.66°
Saturation (HSL)73.55%
Lightness76.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 96 · G C3 · B EF

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