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Recognised as Colour

#9BBCB7

  • #9BBCB7
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Silver

#9BBCB7 is a cyan with RGB values 155, 188, 183 and HSL 171°, 20%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Silver.

Colour values

#9BBCB7#9BBCB7
HEX#9BBCB7
RGBrgb(155, 188, 183)
RGB (0–1)0.6078, 0.7373, 0.7176
RGB percentages60.8%, 73.7%, 71.8%
HSLhsl(170.9, 19.8%, 67.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(170.9, 17.6%, 73.7%)
CMYK17.6%, 0%, 2.7%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,206,391
CSS custom property--colour: #9BBCB7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46354WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness178.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.27:1
Contrast with white2.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B5B5B5
Inverted#644348

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B9B8B7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#B2B3B8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.8 from the original
Tritanopia#92BEBAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.04:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Silver · ΔE 12.8Dark grey · ΔE 13Powder blue · ΔE 14.3Light blue · ΔE 14.4Cadetblue · ΔE 16Light grey · ΔE 16.3
Nearest named CSS colourSilver (#C0C0C0)ΔE 12.79, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BC9BA0
Analogous#9BBCA7, #9BB1BC
Triadic#B79BBC, #BCB79B
Split complementary#BC9BB1, #BCA79B
Tetradic#A79BBC, #BC9BA0, #B1BC9B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F7F9F9
Lighter +20%#D8E5E3
Lighter +10%#BAD0CD
Darker −10%#7CA8A1
Darker −20%#619089
Darker −30%#4C726C
Darker −40%#38534F
More saturated +25%#86D1C6
Less saturated −25%#ACACAC

Channel breakdown

R155
G188
B183
Red155 (60.8%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue183 (71.8%)
Hue170.91°
Saturation (HSL)19.76%
Lightness67.25%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 9B · G BC · B B7

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