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Recognised as Colour

#96E6EB

  • #96E6EB
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#96E6EB is a cyan with RGB values 150, 230, 235 and HSL 184°, 68%, 75%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#96E6EB#96E6EB
HEX#96E6EB
RGBrgb(150, 230, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.5882, 0.902, 0.9216
RGB percentages58.8%, 90.2%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(183.5, 68%, 75.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(183.5, 36.2%, 92.2%)
CMYK36.2%, 2.1%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,889,515
CSS custom property--colour: #96E6EB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69076WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness209.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.82:1
Contrast with white1.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.82:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D5D5D5
Inverted#691914

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DBDFEBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#CCD4ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.3 from the original
Tritanopia#74ECE7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.42:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 6.3Powder blue · ΔE 9.3Light blue · ΔE 12.6Sky blue · ΔE 15.7Medium turquoise · ΔE 17.3Light cyan · ΔE 18.7
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 6.25, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EB9B96
Analogous#96EBC5, #96BCEB
Triadic#EB96E6, #E6EB96
Split complementary#EB96BC, #EBC596
Tetradic#C596EB, #EB9B96, #BCEB96

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#ECFAFB
Lighter +10%#C1F0F3
Darker −10%#6BDCE3
Darker −20%#40D2DB
Darker −30%#25BAC3
Darker −40%#1D9198
More saturated +25%#86F4FB
Less saturated −25%#A6D8DB

Channel breakdown

R150
G230
B235
Red150 (58.8%)
Green230 (90.2%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue183.53°
Saturation (HSL)68%
Lightness75.49%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 96 · G E6 · B EB

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