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Recognised as Colour

#9BC9DC

  • #9BC9DC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#9BC9DC is a cyan with RGB values 155, 201, 220 and HSL 198°, 48%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#9BC9DC#9BC9DC
HEX#9BC9DC
RGBrgb(155, 201, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.6078, 0.7882, 0.8627
RGB percentages60.8%, 78.8%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(197.5, 48.1%, 73.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(197.5, 29.5%, 86.3%)
CMYK29.5%, 8.6%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,209,756
CSS custom property--colour: #9BC9DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53909WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness190.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.78:1
Contrast with white1.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C1C1C1
Inverted#643623

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BFC6DDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#B5BFDCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.3 from the original
Tritanopia#86CFCFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.78:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 6.1Sky blue · ΔE 8.1Light steelblue · ΔE 9.4Powder blue · ΔE 10.6Light skyblue · ΔE 14.2Pale turquoise · ΔE 16.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 6.12, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DCAE9B
Analogous#9BDCCF, #9BA9DC
Triadic#DC9BC9, #C9DC9B
Split complementary#DC9BA9, #DCCF9B
Tetradic#CF9BDC, #DCAE9B, #A9DC9B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E7F2F6
Lighter +10%#C1DDE9
Darker −10%#75B5CF
Darker −20%#4FA0C2
Darker −30%#3A85A4
Darker −40%#2C677F
More saturated +25%#8AD0ED
Less saturated −25%#ACC2CB

Channel breakdown

R155
G201
B220
Red155 (60.8%)
Green201 (78.8%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue197.54°
Saturation (HSL)48.15%
Lightness73.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9B · G C9 · B DC

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