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Recognised as Colour

#96C3FD

  • #96C3FD
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#96C3FD is a blue with RGB values 150, 195, 253 and HSL 214°, 96%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#96C3FD#96C3FD
HEX#96C3FD
RGBrgb(150, 195, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.5882, 0.7647, 0.9922
RGB percentages58.8%, 76.5%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(213.8, 96.3%, 79%)
HSV / HSBhsv(213.8, 40.7%, 99.2%)
CMYK40.7%, 22.9%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,880,573
CSS custom property--colour: #96C3FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52606WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness190.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.52:1
Contrast with white1.82:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.52:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BEBEBE
Inverted#693C02

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ADC5FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#A1BBFCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.3 from the original
Tritanopia#71D0D7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.82:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.52:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 11.6Light steelblue · ΔE 18.1Sky blue · ΔE 18.7Deep skyblue · ΔE 20.2Cornflower blue · ΔE 24.5Light blue · ΔE 24.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 11.57, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FDD096
Analogous#96F6FD, #9D96FD
Triadic#FD96C3, #C3FD96
Split complementary#FD9D96, #F7FD96
Tetradic#FD96F6, #FDD096, #96FD9D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FAFCFF
Lighter +10%#C8E0FE
Darker −10%#64A6FC
Darker −20%#328AFB
Darker −30%#056EF5
Darker −40%#0457C3
More saturated +25%#94C3FF
Less saturated −25%#A3C5F0

Channel breakdown

R150
G195
B253
Red150 (58.8%)
Green195 (76.5%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue213.79°
Saturation (HSL)96.26%
Lightness79.02%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 96 · G C3 · B FD

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