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Recognised as Colour

#96DDFD

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

#96DDFD is a cyan with RGB values 150, 221, 253 and HSL 199°, 96%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#96DDFD#96DDFD
HEX#96DDFD
RGBrgb(150, 221, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.5882, 0.8667, 0.9922
RGB percentages58.8%, 86.7%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(198.6, 96.3%, 79%)
HSV / HSBhsv(198.6, 40.7%, 99.2%)
CMYK40.7%, 12.6%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,887,229
CSS custom property--colour: #96DDFD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65289WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness206.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.06:1
Contrast with white1.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D0D0D0
Inverted#692202

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CCDAFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#BDCEFDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.7 from the original
Tritanopia#6DE6E7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.49:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 5.6Light skyblue · ΔE 8.4Light blue · ΔE 11.6Powder blue · ΔE 14.6Light steelblue · ΔE 16.1Pale turquoise · ΔE 17.9
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 5.61, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FDB696
Analogous#96FDEA, #96A9FD
Triadic#FD96DD, #DDFD96
Split complementary#FD96A9, #FDEA96
Tetradic#EA96FD, #FDB696, #AAFD96

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FAFDFF
Lighter +10%#C8EDFE
Darker −10%#64CDFC
Darker −20%#32BDFB
Darker −30%#05ABF5
Darker −40%#0488C3
More saturated +25%#94DEFF
Less saturated −25%#A3D8F0

Channel breakdown

R150
G221
B253
Red150 (58.8%)
Green221 (86.7%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue198.64°
Saturation (HSL)96.26%
Lightness79.02%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 96 · G DD · B FD

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