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Recognised as Colour

#96CEFF

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

#96CEFF is a blue with RGB values 150, 206, 255 and HSL 208°, 100%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#96CEFF#96CEFF
HEX#96CEFF
RGBrgb(150, 206, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.5882, 0.8078, 1
RGB percentages58.8%, 80.8%, 100%
HSLhsl(208, 100%, 79.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(208, 41.2%, 100%)
CMYK41.2%, 19.2%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,883,391
CSS custom property--colour: #96CEFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.57847WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness197.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.57:1
Contrast with white1.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C6C6C6
Inverted#693100

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BACEFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#ADC3FEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12 from the original
Tritanopia#6EDADEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.67:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 5.2Sky blue · ΔE 12.4Light steelblue · ΔE 15.3Light blue · ΔE 19.1Deep skyblue · ΔE 19.3Powder blue · ΔE 23.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 5.2, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFC796
Analogous#96FFFC, #969AFF
Triadic#FF96CE, #CEFF96
Split complementary#FF969A, #FFFC96
Tetradic#FC96FF, #FFC796, #9AFF96

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FCFEFF
Lighter +10%#C9E6FF
Darker −10%#63B6FF
Darker −20%#309EFF
Darker −30%#0086FC
Darker −40%#006BC9
More saturated +25%#96CEFF
Less saturated −25%#A3CDF2

Channel breakdown

R150
G206
B255
Red150 (58.8%)
Green206 (80.8%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue208°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness79.41%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 96 · G CE · B FF

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