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Recognised as Colour

#96C6BC

  • #96C6BC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#96C6BC is a cyan with RGB values 150, 198, 188 and HSL 168°, 30%, 68%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#96C6BC#96C6BC
HEX#96C6BC
RGBrgb(150, 198, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.5882, 0.7765, 0.7373
RGB percentages58.8%, 77.6%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(167.5, 29.6%, 68.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(167.5, 24.2%, 77.6%)
CMYK24.2%, 0%, 5.1%, 22.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,881,276
CSS custom property--colour: #96C6BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50503WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness183.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.1:1
Contrast with white1.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.1:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BBBBBB
Inverted#693943

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C2C0BCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18 from the original
Deuteranopia#B9BABDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.1 from the original
Tritanopia#89C8C3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.89:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.1:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 13.1Pale turquoise · ΔE 15.2Light blue · ΔE 15.2Cadetblue · ΔE 17Silver · ΔE 17.8Dark grey · ΔE 19.2
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 13.08, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C696A0
Analogous#96C6A4, #96B8C6
Triadic#BC96C6, #C6BC96
Split complementary#C696B8, #C6A496
Tetradic#A496C6, #C696A0, #B8C696

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F9FCFB
Lighter +20%#D8EAE6
Lighter +10%#B7D8D1
Darker −10%#75B4A7
Darker −20%#579F90
Darker −30%#457E72
Darker −40%#335D54
More saturated +25%#82DAC8
Less saturated −25%#AAB2B0

Channel breakdown

R150
G198
B188
Red150 (58.8%)
Green198 (77.6%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue167.5°
Saturation (HSL)29.63%
Lightness68.24%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 96 · G C6 · B BC

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