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Recognised as Colour

#9ABEC5

  • #9ABEC5
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light blue

#9ABEC5 is a cyan with RGB values 154, 190, 197 and HSL 190°, 27%, 69%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#9ABEC5#9ABEC5
HEX#9ABEC5
RGBrgb(154, 190, 197)
RGB (0–1)0.6039, 0.7451, 0.7725
RGB percentages60.4%, 74.5%, 77.3%
HSLhsl(189.8, 27%, 68.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(189.8, 21.8%, 77.3%)
CMYK21.8%, 3.6%, 0%, 22.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,141,381
CSS custom property--colour: #9ABEC5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47728WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness180.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.55:1
Contrast with white1.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.55:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B7B7B7
Inverted#65413A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B8BBC5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#B0B5C5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12 from the original
Tritanopia#8DC1C0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.99:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 10Powder blue · ΔE 12.1Light steelblue · ΔE 12.6Silver · ΔE 13.2Dark grey · ΔE 14Sky blue · ΔE 15.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 9.99, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C5A19A
Analogous#9AC5B7, #9AA8C5
Triadic#C59ABE, #BEC59A
Split complementary#C59AA8, #C5B79A
Tetradic#B79AC5, #C5A19A, #A8C59A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FBFDFD
Lighter +20%#DBE8EA
Lighter +10%#BAD3D8
Darker −10%#7AA9B2
Darker −20%#5B939E
Darker −30%#48757E
Darker −40%#36575D
More saturated +25%#86CBD9
Less saturated −25%#AEB1B1

Channel breakdown

R154
G190
B197
Red154 (60.4%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue197 (77.3%)
Hue189.77°
Saturation (HSL)27.04%
Lightness68.82%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9A · G BE · B C5

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