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Recognised as Colour

#96DCEF

  • #96DCEF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#96DCEF is a cyan with RGB values 150, 220, 239 and HSL 193°, 74%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#96DCEF#96DCEF
HEX#96DCEF
RGBrgb(150, 220, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.5882, 0.8627, 0.9373
RGB percentages58.8%, 86.3%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(192.8, 73.6%, 76.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(192.8, 37.2%, 93.7%)
CMYK37.2%, 7.9%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,886,959
CSS custom property--colour: #96DCEF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.63902WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness204.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.78:1
Contrast with white1.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CECECE
Inverted#692310

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CFD8F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#C1CDEFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.2 from the original
Tritanopia#74E3E2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.52:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 7.3Light blue · ΔE 7.9Powder blue · ΔE 9.1Pale turquoise · ΔE 11.8Light skyblue · ΔE 14.4Light steelblue · ΔE 16.9
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 7.29, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EFA996
Analogous#96EFD5, #96B0EF
Triadic#EF96DC, #DCEF96
Split complementary#EF96B0, #EFD596
Tetradic#D596EF, #EFA996, #B0EF96

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EFFAFC
Lighter +10%#C2EBF6
Darker −10%#6ACDE8
Darker −20%#3DBEE2
Darker −30%#1FA8CD
Darker −40%#1883A1
More saturated +25%#87E5FE
Less saturated −25%#A5D3E0

Channel breakdown

R150
G220
B239
Red150 (58.8%)
Green220 (86.3%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue192.81°
Saturation (HSL)73.55%
Lightness76.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 96 · G DC · B EF

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