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Recognised as Colour

#9BC8BC

  • #9BC8BC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#9BC8BC is a cyan with RGB values 155, 200, 188 and HSL 164°, 29%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#9BC8BC#9BC8BC
HEX#9BC8BC
RGBrgb(155, 200, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.6078, 0.7843, 0.7373
RGB percentages60.8%, 78.4%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(164, 29%, 69.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(164, 22.5%, 78.4%)
CMYK22.5%, 0%, 6%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,209,468
CSS custom property--colour: #9BC8BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51908WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness186.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.38:1
Contrast with white1.85:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BEBEBE
Inverted#643743

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C4C2BCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#BCBCBDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.6 from the original
Tritanopia#90C9C4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.85:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.38:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 13.2Pale turquoise · ΔE 15.1Light blue · ΔE 15.6Silver · ΔE 17.3Cadetblue · ΔE 18.4Light grey · ΔE 18.8
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 13.17, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C89BA7
Analogous#9BC8A5, #9BBEC8
Triadic#BC9BC8, #C8BC9B
Split complementary#C89BBE, #C8A59B
Tetradic#A59BC8, #C89BA7, #BEC89B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FEFEFE
Lighter +20%#DDECE8
Lighter +10%#BCDAD2
Darker −10%#7AB6A6
Darker −20%#5AA390
Darker −30%#488273
Darker −40%#366156
More saturated +25%#88DBC5
Less saturated −25%#AEB5B3

Channel breakdown

R155
G200
B188
Red155 (60.8%)
Green200 (78.4%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue164°
Saturation (HSL)29.03%
Lightness69.61%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 9B · G C8 · B BC

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