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Recognised as Colour

#9BC8DA

  • #9BC8DA
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#9BC8DA is a cyan with RGB values 155, 200, 218 and HSL 197°, 46%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#9BC8DA#9BC8DA
HEX#9BC8DA
RGBrgb(155, 200, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.6078, 0.7843, 0.8549
RGB percentages60.8%, 78.4%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(197.1, 46%, 73.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(197.1, 28.9%, 85.5%)
CMYK28.9%, 8.3%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,209,498
CSS custom property--colour: #9BC8DA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53339WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness190 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.67:1
Contrast with white1.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.67:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C0C0C0
Inverted#643725

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BEC5DBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#B4BEDAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13 from the original
Tritanopia#87CECEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.8:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 6.2Sky blue · ΔE 8.7Light steelblue · ΔE 9.4Powder blue · ΔE 10.5Light skyblue · ΔE 14.8Pale turquoise · ΔE 16.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 6.18, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DAAD9B
Analogous#9BDACC, #9BA9DA
Triadic#DA9BC8, #C8DA9B
Split complementary#DA9BA8, #DACC9B
Tetradic#CC9BDA, #DAAD9B, #A9DA9B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E5F1F6
Lighter +10%#C0DCE8
Darker −10%#76B4CC
Darker −20%#519FBE
Darker −30%#3B84A1
Darker −40%#2E657B
More saturated +25%#8ACFEB
Less saturated −25%#ACC1C9

Channel breakdown

R155
G200
B218
Red155 (60.8%)
Green200 (78.4%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue197.14°
Saturation (HSL)45.99%
Lightness73.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9B · G C8 · B DA

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