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Recognised as Colour

#96E6DE

  • #96E6DE
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#96E6DE is a cyan with RGB values 150, 230, 222 and HSL 174°, 62%, 75%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#96E6DE#96E6DE
HEX#96E6DE
RGBrgb(150, 230, 222)
RGB (0–1)0.5882, 0.902, 0.8706
RGB percentages58.8%, 90.2%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(174, 61.5%, 74.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(174, 34.8%, 90.2%)
CMYK34.8%, 0%, 3.5%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,889,502
CSS custom property--colour: #96E6DE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68352WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness208.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.67:1
Contrast with white1.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.67:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D4D4D4
Inverted#691921

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DEDEDEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#CFD3DFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.2 from the original
Tritanopia#79EAE3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.43:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 8Powder blue · ΔE 12.8Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.2Light blue · ΔE 17.2Turquoise · ΔE 18.6Light cyan · ΔE 20
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 8.01, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E6969E
Analogous#96E6B6, #96C6E6
Triadic#DE96E6, #E6DE96
Split complementary#E696C6, #E6B696
Tetradic#B696E6, #E6969E, #C6E696

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E8FAF8
Lighter +10%#BFF0EB
Darker −10%#6DDCD1
Darker −20%#44D2C4
Darker −30%#2CB7A9
Darker −40%#228E83
More saturated +25%#86F6EB
Less saturated −25%#A6D6D1

Channel breakdown

R150
G230
B222
Red150 (58.8%)
Green230 (90.2%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue174°
Saturation (HSL)61.54%
Lightness74.51%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 96 · G E6 · B DE

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