Colour

#9ACAD3

#9ACAD3
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Light blue

#9ACAD3 is a cyan with RGB values 154, 202, 211 and HSL 189°, 39%, 72%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#9ACAD3#9ACAD3

HEX#9ACAD3

RGBrgb(154, 202, 211)

RGB (0–1)0.6039, 0.7922, 0.8275

RGB percentages60.4%, 79.2%, 82.7%

HSLhsl(189.5, 39.3%, 71.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(189.5, 27%, 82.7%)

CMYK27%, 4.3%, 0%, 17.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,144,467

CSS custom property--colour: #9ACAD3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53814WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness190 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.76:1

Contrast with white1.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C0C0C0

Inverted#65352C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C2C6D4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#B8BFD3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.2 from the original

Tritanopia#87CECDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.79:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 6.4 Powder blue · ΔE 8 Sky blue · ΔE 11.8 Light steelblue · ΔE 13.5 Pale turquoise · ΔE 13.6 Silver · ΔE 16.6

Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 6.36, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#D3A39A

Analogous#9AD3C0, #9AADD3

Triadic#D39ACA, #CAD39A

Split complementary#D39AAD, #D3C09A

Tetradic#C09AD3, #D3A39A, #ADD39A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#E1EFF2

Lighter +10%#BEDDE2

Darker −10%#76B7C4

Darker −20%#53A5B4

Darker −30%#408794

Darker −40%#316670

More saturated +25%#88D6E5

Less saturated −25%#ACBEC1

Channel breakdown

R154

G202

B211

Red154 (60.4%)

Green202 (79.2%)

Blue211 (82.7%)

Hue189.47°

Saturation (HSL)39.31%

Lightness71.57%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 9A · G CA · B D3

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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