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Recognised as Colour

#96E8ED

  • #96E8ED
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#96E8ED is a cyan with RGB values 150, 232, 237 and HSL 183°, 71%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#96E8ED#96E8ED
HEX#96E8ED
RGBrgb(150, 232, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.5882, 0.9098, 0.9294
RGB percentages58.8%, 91%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(183.4, 70.7%, 75.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(183.4, 36.7%, 92.9%)
CMYK36.7%, 2.1%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,890,029
CSS custom property--colour: #96E8ED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70312WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness211.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.06:1
Contrast with white1.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D7D7D7
Inverted#691712

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DDE1EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25 from the original
Deuteranopia#CDD5EEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.1 from the original
Tritanopia#72EEE9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.39:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 6.3Powder blue · ΔE 9.9Light blue · ΔE 13.2Sky blue · ΔE 16.1Medium turquoise · ΔE 17.2Light cyan · ΔE 18.7
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 6.33, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ED9B96
Analogous#96EDC6, #96BDED
Triadic#ED96E8, #E8ED96
Split complementary#ED96BC, #EDC696
Tetradic#C696ED, #ED9B96, #BDED96

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EDFBFC
Lighter +10%#C2F2F4
Darker −10%#6ADEE6
Darker −20%#3FD5DE
Darker −30%#22BEC8
Darker −40%#1B959C
More saturated +25%#87F6FC
Less saturated −25%#A5DADE

Channel breakdown

R150
G232
B237
Red150 (58.8%)
Green232 (91%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue183.45°
Saturation (HSL)70.73%
Lightness75.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 96 · G E8 · B ED

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