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Recognised as Colour

#93BCBD

  • #93BCBD
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light blue

#93BCBD is a cyan with RGB values 147, 188, 189 and HSL 181°, 24%, 66%. 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 blue.

Colour values

#93BCBD#93BCBD
HEX#93BCBD
RGBrgb(147, 188, 189)
RGB (0–1)0.5765, 0.7373, 0.7412
RGB percentages57.6%, 73.7%, 74.1%
HSLhsl(181.4, 24.1%, 65.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(181.4, 22.2%, 74.1%)
CMYK22.2%, 0.5%, 0%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,682,109
CSS custom property--colour: #93BCBD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45844WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness176.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.17:1
Contrast with white2.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B3B3B3
Inverted#6C4342

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B6B8BDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#AEB2BDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.2 from the original
Tritanopia#86BFBCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.07:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 12.5Powder blue · ΔE 13.1Cadetblue · ΔE 14Dark grey · ΔE 14.9Silver · ΔE 14.9Light steelblue · ΔE 16.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 12.48, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BD9493
Analogous#93BDA9, #93A7BD
Triadic#BD93BC, #BCBD93
Split complementary#BD93A7, #BDA993
Tetradic#A993BD, #BD9493, #A7BD93

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F2F7F7
Lighter +20%#D2E3E4
Lighter +10%#B3D0D0
Darker −10%#73A8AA
Darker −20%#599091
Darker −30%#457172
Darker −40%#325152
More saturated +25%#7DD1D3
Less saturated −25%#A8A8A8

Channel breakdown

R147
G188
B189
Red147 (57.6%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue189 (74.1%)
Hue181.43°
Saturation (HSL)24.14%
Lightness65.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 93 · G BC · B BD

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