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Recognised as Colour

#96C9FB

  • #96C9FB
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#96C9FB is a blue with RGB values 150, 201, 251 and HSL 210°, 93%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#96C9FB#96C9FB
HEX#96C9FB
RGBrgb(150, 201, 251)
RGB (0–1)0.5882, 0.7882, 0.9843
RGB percentages58.8%, 78.8%, 98.4%
HSLhsl(209.7, 92.7%, 78.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(209.7, 40.2%, 98.4%)
CMYK40.2%, 19.9%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,882,107
CSS custom property--colour: #96C9FB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55222WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness194 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.04:1
Contrast with white1.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2
Inverted#693604

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B5CAFDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9 from the original
Deuteranopia#A9BFFAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.5 from the original
Tritanopia#71D5DAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.74:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 6.7Sky blue · ΔE 13.6Light steelblue · ΔE 14.9Deep skyblue · ΔE 19.6Light blue · ΔE 20.1Powder blue · ΔE 24.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 6.74, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FBC896
Analogous#96FBFA, #9697FB
Triadic#FB96C9, #C9FB96
Split complementary#FB9697, #FBFB96
Tetradic#FA96FB, #FBC896, #97FB96

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F8FCFF
Lighter +10%#C7E2FD
Darker −10%#65B0F9
Darker −20%#3496F7
Darker −30%#097DEF
Darker −40%#0763BE
More saturated +25%#92C9FF
Less saturated −25%#A4C9ED

Channel breakdown

R150
G201
B251
Red150 (58.8%)
Green201 (78.8%)
Blue251 (98.4%)
Hue209.7°
Saturation (HSL)92.66%
Lightness78.63%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 96 · G C9 · B FB

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