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Recognised as Colour

#96DFF9

  • #96DFF9
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#96DFF9 is a cyan with RGB values 150, 223, 249 and HSL 196°, 89%, 78%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#96DFF9#96DFF9
HEX#96DFF9
RGBrgb(150, 223, 249)
RGB (0–1)0.5882, 0.8745, 0.9765
RGB percentages58.8%, 87.5%, 97.6%
HSLhsl(195.8, 89.2%, 78.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(195.8, 39.8%, 97.6%)
CMYK39.8%, 10.4%, 0%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,887,737
CSS custom property--colour: #96DFF9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.66099WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness207.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.22:1
Contrast with white1.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.22:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D1D1D1
Inverted#692006

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D0DBFAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#C1CFF9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.5 from the original
Tritanopia#6EE7E7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.48:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.22:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 6.2Light blue · ΔE 10Light skyblue · ΔE 11.5Powder blue · ΔE 12Pale turquoise · ΔE 14.7Light steelblue · ΔE 17
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 6.18, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F9B096
Analogous#96F9E2, #96AEF9
Triadic#F996DF, #DFF996
Split complementary#F996AE, #F9E296
Tetradic#E196F9, #F9B096, #AEF996

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F6FCFF
Lighter +10%#C6EEFC
Darker −10%#66D0F6
Darker −20%#36C2F3
Darker −30%#0DAFE9
Darker −40%#0B8BB8
More saturated +25%#90E2FF
Less saturated −25%#A4D8EB

Channel breakdown

R150
G223
B249
Red150 (58.8%)
Green223 (87.5%)
Blue249 (97.6%)
Hue195.76°
Saturation (HSL)89.19%
Lightness78.24%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 96 · G DF · B F9

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