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Recognised as Colour

#96CACE

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

#96CACE is a cyan with RGB values 150, 202, 206 and HSL 184°, 36%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#96CACE#96CACE
HEX#96CACE
RGBrgb(150, 202, 206)
RGB (0–1)0.5882, 0.7922, 0.8078
RGB percentages58.8%, 79.2%, 80.8%
HSLhsl(184.3, 36.4%, 69.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(184.3, 27.2%, 80.8%)
CMYK27.2%, 1.9%, 0%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,882,318
CSS custom property--colour: #96CACE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53181WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness188.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.64:1
Contrast with white1.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.64:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BFBFBF
Inverted#693531

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C2C5CEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#B8BDCEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.6 from the original
Tritanopia#83CECBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.8:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 8.4Light blue · ΔE 8.7Pale turquoise · ΔE 12.7Sky blue · ΔE 13.9Light steelblue · ΔE 16.5Cadetblue · ΔE 17.3
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 8.36, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CE9A96
Analogous#96CEB6, #96AECE
Triadic#CE96CA, #CACE96
Split complementary#CE96AE, #CEB696
Tetradic#B696CE, #CE9A96, #AECE96

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FEFFFF
Lighter +20%#DCEDEE
Lighter +10%#B9DCDE
Darker −10%#73B8BE
Darker −20%#51A7AD
Darker −30%#41858A
Darker −40%#306468
More saturated +25%#83DAE1
Less saturated −25%#A9B9BB

Channel breakdown

R150
G202
B206
Red150 (58.8%)
Green202 (79.2%)
Blue206 (80.8%)
Hue184.29°
Saturation (HSL)36.36%
Lightness69.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 96 · G CA · B CE

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