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#96CCFA

#96ccfa ≈ Light Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#96ccfa is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 58.82% red, 80% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 40% cyan, 18.4% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 207.6°, with 90.91% saturation and 78.43% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 12.31:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Sky Blue (#87cefa), ΔE 3.36.

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Relative luminance0.5657

Complementary

  1. #96ccfa
  2. #fac496

Split complementary

  1. #96ccfa
  2. #fa969a
  3. #faf696

Analogous

  1. #96faf6
  2. #96ccfa
  3. #969afa

Triadic

  1. #96ccfa
  2. #fa96cc
  3. #ccfa96

Tetradic

  1. #96ccfa
  2. #c496fa
  3. #fac496
  4. #ccfa96

Square

  1. #96ccfa
  2. #f696fa
  3. #fac496
  4. #9afa96

Monochromatic

  1. #0b84ec
  2. #4da9f7
  3. #96ccfa
  4. #dfeffd
  5. #ecf6fe

Shades

#96ccfa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #96ccfa
  2. #87b8e1
  3. #78a3c8
  4. #698faf
  5. #5a7a96
  6. #4b667d
  7. #3c5264
  8. #2d3d4b
  9. #1e2932
  10. #0f1419
  11. #000000

Tints

#96ccfa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #96ccfa
  2. #a1d1fb
  3. #abd6fb
  4. #b6dbfc
  5. #c0e0fc
  6. #cbe6fd
  7. #d5ebfd
  8. #e0f0fe
  9. #eaf5fe
  10. #f5faff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#96ccfa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #96ccfa
  2. #94c4ee
  3. #92bde2
  4. #8fb5d5
  5. #8daec9
  6. #8ba6bd
  7. #899eb1
  8. #8797a5
  9. #848f98
  10. #82888c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.71:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.31:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c6c6c6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b5c9dd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b9ccfc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #acc2f9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #71d7db ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #acccfb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a4c6f9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #82d3e8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-96ccfa {
  color: #96ccfa;
}
Background
.bg-96ccfa {
  background-color: #96ccfa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-96ccfa {
  border: 2px solid #96ccfa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #96ccfa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 150 204 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 208 91% 78%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-96ccfa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #96ccfa, #969afa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-96ccfa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(150 204 250 / 0.35);
}

#87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 3.36 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 4.63 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 5.74 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 7.04 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 8.18 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 8.66 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 8.73 #693305 Inverted #c6c6c6 Grayscale 

Light Sky Blue
#96ccfa  rgb(150, 204, 250)  hsl(208, 91%, 78%)  Light Sky Blue
#fac496  rgb(250, 196, 150)  hsl(28, 91%, 78%)  Peach Orange
#fa96cc  rgb(250, 150, 204)  hsl(328, 91%, 78%)  Persian Pink
#ccfa96  rgb(204, 250, 150)  hsl(88, 91%, 78%)  Inchworm