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Recognised as Colour

#96E2FF

  • #96E2FF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#96E2FF is a cyan with RGB values 150, 226, 255 and HSL 197°, 100%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#96E2FF#96E2FF
HEX#96E2FF
RGBrgb(150, 226, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.5882, 0.8863, 1
RGB percentages58.8%, 88.6%, 100%
HSLhsl(196.6, 100%, 79.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(196.6, 41.2%, 100%)
CMYK41.2%, 11.4%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,888,511
CSS custom property--colour: #96E2FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68097WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness210.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.62:1
Contrast with white1.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.62:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D4D4D4
Inverted#691D00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D2DEFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#C2D2FFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.5 from the original
Tritanopia#6BEBEBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.44:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 7Light skyblue · ΔE 10.9Light blue · ΔE 11.5Powder blue · ΔE 13.6Pale turquoise · ΔE 15.9Light steelblue · ΔE 17.9
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 6.99, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFB396
Analogous#96FFE8, #96AEFF
Triadic#FF96E2, #E2FF96
Split complementary#FF96AE, #FFE796
Tetradic#E896FF, #FFB396, #AEFF96

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FCFEFF
Lighter +10%#C9F0FF
Darker −10%#63D4FF
Darker −20%#30C6FF
Darker −30%#00B6FC
Darker −40%#0091C9
More saturated +25%#96E2FF
Less saturated −25%#A3DCF2

Channel breakdown

R150
G226
B255
Red150 (58.8%)
Green226 (88.6%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue196.57°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness79.41%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 96 · G E2 · B FF

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