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Colour

#9BBCCB

  • #9BBCCB
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#9BBCCB is a cyan with RGB values 155, 188, 203 and HSL 199°, 32%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#9BBCCB#9BBCCB
HEX#9BBCCB
RGBrgb(155, 188, 203)
RGB (0–1)0.6078, 0.7373, 0.7961
RGB percentages60.8%, 73.7%, 79.6%
HSLhsl(198.7, 31.6%, 70.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(198.7, 23.6%, 79.6%)
CMYK23.6%, 7.4%, 0%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,206,411
CSS custom property--colour: #9BBCCB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47247WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness180.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.45:1
Contrast with white2.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.45:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B6B6B6
Inverted#644334

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B4BACCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#ADB4CBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.1 from the original
Tritanopia#8DC1C1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.01:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.45:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 8.6Light blue · ΔE 10Sky blue · ΔE 13.2Powder blue · ΔE 13.8Silver · ΔE 14Dark grey · ΔE 14.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 8.64, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CBAA9B
Analogous#9BCBC2, #9BA4CB
Triadic#CB9BBC, #BCCB9B
Split complementary#CB9BA4, #CBC29B
Tetradic#C29BCB, #CBAA9B, #A4CB9B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DEE9EE
Lighter +10%#BDD2DC
Darker −10%#79A6BA
Darker −20%#588FA8
Darker −30%#467387
Darker −40%#355665
More saturated +25%#88C3DE
Less saturated −25%#AEB5B8

Channel breakdown

R155
G188
B203
Red155 (60.8%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue203 (79.6%)
Hue198.75°
Saturation (HSL)31.58%
Lightness70.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9B · G BC · B CB

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