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Recognised as Colour

#96E1FD

  • #96E1FD
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#96E1FD is a cyan with RGB values 150, 225, 253 and HSL 196°, 96%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#96E1FD#96E1FD
HEX#96E1FD
RGBrgb(150, 225, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.5882, 0.8824, 0.9922
RGB percentages58.8%, 88.2%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(196.3, 96.3%, 79%)
HSV / HSBhsv(196.3, 40.7%, 99.2%)
CMYK40.7%, 11.1%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,888,253
CSS custom property--colour: #96E1FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.67426WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness209.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.49:1
Contrast with white1.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.49:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D3D3D3
Inverted#691E02

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D1DDFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#C1D1FDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.3 from the original
Tritanopia#6CEAEAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.45:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.49:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 6.7Light blue · ΔE 11Light skyblue · ΔE 11.1Powder blue · ΔE 13.1Pale turquoise · ΔE 15.5Light steelblue · ΔE 17.6
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 6.67, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FDB296
Analogous#96FDE6, #96AEFD
Triadic#FD96E1, #E1FD96
Split complementary#FD96AE, #FDE696
Tetradic#E696FD, #FDB296, #AEFD96

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FAFEFF
Lighter +10%#C8EFFE
Darker −10%#64D3FC
Darker −20%#32C4FB
Darker −30%#05B4F5
Darker −40%#048FC3
More saturated +25%#94E2FF
Less saturated −25%#A3DBF0

Channel breakdown

R150
G225
B253
Red150 (58.8%)
Green225 (88.2%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue196.31°
Saturation (HSL)96.26%
Lightness79.02%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 96 · G E1 · B FD

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