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Recognised as Colour

#9BB1B8

  • #9BB1B8
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#9BB1B8 is a cyan with RGB values 155, 177, 184 and HSL 194°, 17%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#9BB1B8#9BB1B8
HEX#9BB1B8
RGBrgb(155, 177, 184)
RGB (0–1)0.6078, 0.6941, 0.7216
RGB percentages60.8%, 69.4%, 72.2%
HSLhsl(194.5, 17%, 66.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(194.5, 15.8%, 72.2%)
CMYK15.8%, 3.8%, 0%, 27.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,203,576
CSS custom property--colour: #9BB1B8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41874WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness171.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.37:1
Contrast with white2.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.37:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ADADAD
Inverted#644E47

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ACAFB8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#A8ACB8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.1 from the original
Tritanopia#93B4B3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.24:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.37:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 8.8Silver · ΔE 11.1Light steelblue · ΔE 12.8Light blue · ΔE 14.9Light slate grey · ΔE 16.1Light grey · ΔE 16.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 8.77, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B8A29B
Analogous#9BB8B1, #9BA3B8
Triadic#B89BB1, #B1B89B
Split complementary#B89BA3, #B8B19B
Tetradic#B19BB8, #B8A29B, #A3B89B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F4F7F8
Lighter +20%#D7E0E2
Lighter +10%#B9C8CD
Darker −10%#7D9AA3
Darker −20%#62818B
Darker −30%#4D656D
Darker −40%#38494F
More saturated +25%#86BCCD
Less saturated −25%#AAAAAA

Channel breakdown

R155
G177
B184
Red155 (60.8%)
Green177 (69.4%)
Blue184 (72.2%)
Hue194.48°
Saturation (HSL)16.96%
Lightness66.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9B · G B1 · B B8

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