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Recognised as Colour

#96CFCC

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

#96CFCC is a cyan with RGB values 150, 207, 204 and HSL 177°, 37%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#96CFCC#96CFCC
HEX#96CFCC
RGBrgb(150, 207, 204)
RGB (0–1)0.5882, 0.8118, 0.8
RGB percentages58.8%, 81.2%, 80%
HSLhsl(176.8, 37.3%, 70%)
HSV / HSBhsv(176.8, 27.5%, 81.2%)
CMYK27.5%, 0%, 1.4%, 18.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,883,596
CSS custom property--colour: #96CFCC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55469WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness191.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.09:1
Contrast with white1.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C3C3C3
Inverted#693033

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C8C9CCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#BDC1CDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.9 from the original
Tritanopia#83D2CEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.4 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 text12.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 9.1Pale turquoise · ΔE 11Light blue · ΔE 11.6Sky blue · ΔE 17.3Cadetblue · ΔE 18.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 19.1
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 9.06, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CF9699
Analogous#96CFB0, #96B5CF
Triadic#CC96CF, #CFCC96
Split complementary#CF96B5, #CFB096
Tetradic#B096CF, #CF9699, #B5CF96

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DCEFEE
Lighter +10%#B9DFDD
Darker −10%#73BFBB
Darker −20%#50AFAA
Darker −30%#408C88
Darker −40%#306966
More saturated +25%#83E2DD
Less saturated −25%#A9BCBB

Channel breakdown

R150
G207
B204
Red150 (58.8%)
Green207 (81.2%)
Blue204 (80%)
Hue176.84°
Saturation (HSL)37.25%
Lightness70%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 96 · G CF · B CC

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