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Recognised as Colour

#9BC9DD

  • #9BC9DD
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#9BC9DD is a cyan with RGB values 155, 201, 221 and HSL 198°, 49%, 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

#9BC9DD#9BC9DD
HEX#9BC9DD
RGBrgb(155, 201, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.6078, 0.7882, 0.8667
RGB percentages60.8%, 78.8%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(198.2, 49.3%, 73.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(198.2, 29.9%, 86.7%)
CMYK29.9%, 9%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,209,757
CSS custom property--colour: #9BC9DD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53962WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness191 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.79:1
Contrast with white1.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C1C1C1
Inverted#643622

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BEC7DEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#B4BFDDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13 from the original
Tritanopia#86CFCFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.4 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 text11.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 6.4Sky blue · ΔE 7.9Light steelblue · ΔE 9.1Powder blue · ΔE 10.9Light skyblue · ΔE 13.7Pale turquoise · ΔE 17.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 6.35, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DDAF9B
Analogous#9BDDD0, #9BA8DD
Triadic#DD9BC9, #C9DD9B
Split complementary#DD9BA8, #DDD09B
Tetradic#D09BDD, #DDAF9B, #A8DD9B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E7F2F7
Lighter +10%#C1DEEA
Darker −10%#75B4D0
Darker −20%#4FA0C3
Darker −30%#3985A6
Darker −40%#2C6780
More saturated +25%#8AD0EE
Less saturated −25%#ACC2CC

Channel breakdown

R155
G201
B221
Red155 (60.8%)
Green201 (78.8%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue198.18°
Saturation (HSL)49.25%
Lightness73.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9B · G C9 · B DD

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