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Recognised as Colour

#96C4FE

  • #96C4FE
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#96C4FE is a blue with RGB values 150, 196, 254 and HSL 213°, 98%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#96C4FE#96C4FE
HEX#96C4FE
RGBrgb(150, 196, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.5882, 0.7686, 0.9961
RGB percentages58.8%, 76.9%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(213.5, 98.1%, 79.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(213.5, 40.9%, 99.6%)
CMYK40.9%, 22.8%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,880,830
CSS custom property--colour: #96C4FE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5312WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness191.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.62:1
Contrast with white1.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.62:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BEBEBE
Inverted#693B01

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AEC6FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#A2BCFDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.5 from the original
Tritanopia#70D1D8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.81:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 11.3Light steelblue · ΔE 18.1Sky blue · ΔE 18.6Deep skyblue · ΔE 20Light blue · ΔE 24.8Cornflower blue · ΔE 24.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 11.3, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FED096
Analogous#96F8FE, #9C96FE
Triadic#FE96C4, #C4FE96
Split complementary#FE9C96, #F8FE96
Tetradic#FE96F8, #FED096, #96FE9C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FBFDFF
Lighter +10%#C9E0FE
Darker −10%#63A8FE
Darker −20%#318BFD
Darker −30%#026FF9
Darker −40%#0259C6
More saturated +25%#95C4FF
Less saturated −25%#A3C6F1

Channel breakdown

R150
G196
B254
Red150 (58.8%)
Green196 (76.9%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue213.46°
Saturation (HSL)98.11%
Lightness79.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 96 · G C4 · B FE

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