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Recognised as Colour

#93BBCD

  • #93BBCD
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#93BBCD is a cyan with RGB values 147, 187, 205 and HSL 199°, 37%, 69%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#93BBCD#93BBCD
HEX#93BBCD
RGBrgb(147, 187, 205)
RGB (0–1)0.5765, 0.7333, 0.8039
RGB percentages57.6%, 73.3%, 80.4%
HSLhsl(198.6, 36.7%, 69%)
HSV / HSBhsv(198.6, 28.3%, 80.4%)
CMYK28.3%, 8.8%, 0%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,681,869
CSS custom property--colour: #93BBCD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46151WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness178.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.23:1
Contrast with white2.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.23:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B4B4B4
Inverted#6C4432

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B2B9CEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#A9B2CDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.7 from the original
Tritanopia#81C0C1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.05:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.23:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 9.4Light blue · ΔE 10.5Sky blue · ΔE 11.2Powder blue · ΔE 14.5Light skyblue · ΔE 16.4Silver · ΔE 16.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 9.4, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CDA593
Analogous#93CDC2, #939ECD
Triadic#CD93BB, #BBCD93
Split complementary#CD939E, #CDC293
Tetradic#C293CD, #CDA593, #9ECD93

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FCFDFD
Lighter +20%#D9E7ED
Lighter +10%#B6D1DD
Darker −10%#70A5BD
Darker −20%#4F8EAB
Darker −30%#3F7188
Darker −40%#2F5465
More saturated +25%#7FC2E1
Less saturated −25%#A7B4B9

Channel breakdown

R147
G187
B205
Red147 (57.6%)
Green187 (73.3%)
Blue205 (80.4%)
Hue198.62°
Saturation (HSL)36.71%
Lightness69.02%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 93 · G BB · B CD

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