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Recognised as Colour

#96ECEB

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

#96ECEB is a cyan with RGB values 150, 236, 235 and HSL 179°, 69%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#96ECEB#96ECEB
HEX#96ECEB
RGBrgb(150, 236, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.5882, 0.9255, 0.9216
RGB percentages58.8%, 92.5%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(179.3, 69.4%, 75.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(179.3, 36.4%, 92.5%)
CMYK36.4%, 0%, 0.4%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,891,051
CSS custom property--colour: #96ECEB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72473WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness213.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.49:1
Contrast with white1.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.49:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DADADA
Inverted#691314

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E2E4EBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#D2D8ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.1 from the original
Tritanopia#73F1EBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.36:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.49:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 6.8Powder blue · ΔE 12.2Medium turquoise · ΔE 16Light blue · ΔE 16.2Light cyan · ΔE 19.3Turquoise · ΔE 19.6
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 6.84, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EC9697
Analogous#96ECC0, #96C2EC
Triadic#EB96EC, #ECEB96
Split complementary#EC96C2, #ECC096
Tetradic#C096EC, #EC9697, #C2EC96

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#ECFCFB
Lighter +10%#C1F4F3
Darker −10%#6BE4E3
Darker −20%#40DCDB
Darker −30%#24C5C3
Darker −40%#1C9A99
More saturated +25%#86FBFA
Less saturated −25%#A6DDDC

Channel breakdown

R150
G236
B235
Red150 (58.8%)
Green236 (92.5%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue179.3°
Saturation (HSL)69.35%
Lightness75.69%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 96 · G EC · B EB

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