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Recognised as Colour

#96C9CB

  • #96C9CB
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#96C9CB is a cyan with RGB values 150, 201, 203 and HSL 182°, 34%, 69%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#96C9CB#96C9CB
HEX#96C9CB
RGBrgb(150, 201, 203)
RGB (0–1)0.5882, 0.7882, 0.7961
RGB percentages58.8%, 78.8%, 79.6%
HSLhsl(182.3, 33.8%, 69.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(182.3, 26.1%, 79.6%)
CMYK26.1%, 1%, 0%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,882,059
CSS custom property--colour: #96C9CB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52569WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness187.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.51:1
Contrast with white1.82:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.51:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BEBEBE
Inverted#693634

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C2C4CBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#B8BDCBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.1 from the original
Tritanopia#84CDC9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.6 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 text11.51:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 8.9Light blue · ΔE 9.5Pale turquoise · ΔE 13Sky blue · ΔE 15Cadetblue · ΔE 16.9Light steelblue · ΔE 17.2
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 8.88, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CB9896
Analogous#96CBB2, #96AFCB
Triadic#CB96C9, #C9CB96
Split complementary#CB96AF, #CBB396
Tetradic#B296CB, #CB9896, #AFCB96

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FCFEFE
Lighter +20%#DAECED
Lighter +10%#B8DBDC
Darker −10%#74B7BA
Darker −20%#53A5A8
Darker −30%#428386
Darker −40%#316264
More saturated +25%#82DBDF
Less saturated −25%#AAB7B7

Channel breakdown

R150
G201
B203
Red150 (58.8%)
Green201 (78.8%)
Blue203 (79.6%)
Hue182.26°
Saturation (HSL)33.76%
Lightness69.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 96 · G C9 · B CB

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