Recognised as Colour

#96D9DC

#96D9DC
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Powder blue

#96D9DC is a cyan with RGB values 150, 217, 220 and HSL 183°, 50%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#96D9DC#96D9DC

HEX#96D9DC

RGBrgb(150, 217, 220)

RGB (0–1)0.5882, 0.851, 0.8627

RGB percentages58.8%, 85.1%, 86.3%

HSLhsl(182.6, 50%, 72.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(182.6, 31.8%, 86.3%)

CMYK31.8%, 1.4%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,886,172

CSS custom property--colour: #96D9DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61277WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness199.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.26:1

Contrast with white1.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CBCBCB

Inverted#692623

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D0D3DCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#C3C9DDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.3 from the original

Tritanopia#7CDEDAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.58:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 7.1 Pale turquoise · ΔE 7.8 Light blue · ΔE 10 Sky blue · ΔE 14.5 Medium turquoise · ΔE 18 Light cyan · ΔE 19.1

Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 7.13, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#DC9996

Analogous#96DCBC, #96B6DC

Triadic#DC96D9, #D9DC96

Split complementary#DC96B6, #DCBC96

Tetradic#BC96DC, #DC9996, #B6DC96

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#E3F5F6

Lighter +10%#BCE7E9

Darker −10%#70CBCF

Darker −20%#4ABDC3

Darker −30%#369EA3

Darker −40%#29797D

More saturated +25%#85E9EE

Less saturated −25%#A8C9CB

Channel breakdown

R150

G217

B220

Red150 (58.8%)

Green217 (85.1%)

Blue220 (86.3%)

Hue182.57°

Saturation (HSL)50%

Lightness72.55%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 96 · G D9 · B DC

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