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Recognised as Colour

#9BCDD4

  • #9BCDD4
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#9BCDD4 is a cyan with RGB values 155, 205, 212 and HSL 187°, 40%, 72%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#9BCDD4#9BCDD4
HEX#9BCDD4
RGBrgb(155, 205, 212)
RGB (0–1)0.6078, 0.8039, 0.8314
RGB percentages60.8%, 80.4%, 83.1%
HSLhsl(187.4, 39.9%, 72%)
HSV / HSBhsv(187.4, 26.9%, 83.1%)
CMYK26.9%, 3.3%, 0%, 16.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,210,772
CSS custom property--colour: #9BCDD4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55385WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness192.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.08:1
Contrast with white1.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.08:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C3C3C3
Inverted#64322B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C5C9D5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#BBC1D4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.4 from the original
Tritanopia#88D1CFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.74:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.08:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 6.5Powder blue · ΔE 6.9Pale turquoise · ΔE 12.2Sky blue · ΔE 12.5Light steelblue · ΔE 14.8Silver · ΔE 17.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 6.46, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D4A29B
Analogous#9BD4BE, #9BB1D4
Triadic#D49BCD, #CDD49B
Split complementary#D49BB0, #D4BE9B
Tetradic#BE9BD4, #D4A29B, #B1D49B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E2F1F3
Lighter +10%#BFDFE3
Darker −10%#77BBC5
Darker −20%#54A9B5
Darker −30%#408B96
Darker −40%#316A72
More saturated +25%#89DAE6
Less saturated −25%#ADC0C2

Channel breakdown

R155
G205
B212
Red155 (60.8%)
Green205 (80.4%)
Blue212 (83.1%)
Hue187.37°
Saturation (HSL)39.86%
Lightness71.96%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9B · G CD · B D4

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