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Recognised as Colour

#96D5DC

  • #96D5DC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#96D5DC is a cyan with RGB values 150, 213, 220 and HSL 186°, 50%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#96D5DC#96D5DC
HEX#96D5DC
RGBrgb(150, 213, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.5882, 0.8353, 0.8627
RGB percentages58.8%, 83.5%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(186, 50%, 72.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(186, 31.8%, 86.3%)
CMYK31.8%, 3.2%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,885,148
CSS custom property--colour: #96D5DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5924WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness197.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.85:1
Contrast with white1.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.85:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C8C8C8
Inverted#692A23

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CBD0DDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#BFC6DCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.3 from the original
Tritanopia#7DDAD7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.63:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 6.5Light blue · ΔE 7.9Pale turquoise · ΔE 9.4Sky blue · ΔE 12.1Light steelblue · ΔE 18Light cyan · ΔE 19.5
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 6.53, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DC9D96
Analogous#96DCC0, #96B2DC
Triadic#DC96D5, #D5DC96
Split complementary#DC96B2, #DCC096
Tetradic#C096DC, #DC9D96, #B2DC96

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E3F4F6
Lighter +10%#BCE4E9
Darker −10%#70C6CF
Darker −20%#4AB6C3
Darker −30%#3698A3
Darker −40%#29747D
More saturated +25%#85E3EE
Less saturated −25%#A8C7CB

Channel breakdown

R150
G213
B220
Red150 (58.8%)
Green213 (83.5%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue186°
Saturation (HSL)50%
Lightness72.55%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 96 · G D5 · B DC

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