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Recognised as Colour

#96CFDB

  • #96CFDB
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#96CFDB is a cyan with RGB values 150, 207, 219 and HSL 190°, 49%, 72%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#96CFDB#96CFDB
HEX#96CFDB
RGBrgb(150, 207, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.5882, 0.8118, 0.8588
RGB percentages58.8%, 81.2%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(190.4, 48.9%, 72.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(190.4, 31.5%, 85.9%)
CMYK31.5%, 5.5%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,883,611
CSS custom property--colour: #96CFDB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.56224WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness193.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.24:1
Contrast with white1.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.24:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C4C4C4
Inverted#693024

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C5CBDCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17 from the original
Deuteranopia#B9C2DBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.5 from the original
Tritanopia#7ED4D3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.72:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 6.1Powder blue · ΔE 7.6Sky blue · ΔE 9.5Pale turquoise · ΔE 12.4Light steelblue · ΔE 14.6Light skyblue · ΔE 17.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 6.09, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DBA296
Analogous#96DBC4, #96ADDB
Triadic#DB96CF, #CFDB96
Split complementary#DB96AC, #DBC496
Tetradic#C496DB, #DBA296, #ADDB96

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E2F2F5
Lighter +10%#BCE0E8
Darker −10%#70BECE
Darker −20%#4AACC1
Darker −30%#378EA1
Darker −40%#2A6D7B
More saturated +25%#84DAED
Less saturated −25%#A8C4C9

Channel breakdown

R150
G207
B219
Red150 (58.8%)
Green207 (81.2%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue190.43°
Saturation (HSL)48.94%
Lightness72.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 96 · G CF · B DB

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