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Colour

#9AD0D8

  • #9AD0D8
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#9AD0D8 is a cyan with RGB values 154, 208, 216 and HSL 188°, 44%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#9AD0D8#9AD0D8
HEX#9AD0D8
RGBrgb(154, 208, 216)
RGB (0–1)0.6039, 0.8157, 0.8471
RGB percentages60.4%, 81.6%, 84.7%
HSLhsl(187.7, 44.3%, 72.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(187.7, 28.7%, 84.7%)
CMYK28.7%, 3.7%, 0%, 15.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,146,008
CSS custom property--colour: #9AD0D8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5694WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness194.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.39:1
Contrast with white1.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C5C5C5
Inverted#652F27

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C7CCD9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#BCC3D8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.4 from the original
Tritanopia#85D5D2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.7:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 6.2Powder blue · ΔE 6.4Pale turquoise · ΔE 11.2Sky blue · ΔE 11.7Light steelblue · ΔE 15.4Silver · ΔE 18.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 6.17, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D8A29A
Analogous#9AD8C1, #9AB1D8
Triadic#D89AD0, #D0D89A
Split complementary#D89AB1, #D8C19A
Tetradic#C19AD8, #D8A29A, #B1D89A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E4F2F4
Lighter +10%#BFE1E6
Darker −10%#75BFCA
Darker −20%#50AEBC
Darker −30%#3C909D
Darker −40%#2E6E78
More saturated +25%#89DDEA
Less saturated −25%#ABC3C6

Channel breakdown

R154
G208
B216
Red154 (60.4%)
Green208 (81.6%)
Blue216 (84.7%)
Hue187.74°
Saturation (HSL)44.29%
Lightness72.55%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9A · G D0 · B D8

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