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Recognised as Colour

#9BCEC8

  • #9BCEC8
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#9BCEC8 is a cyan with RGB values 155, 206, 200 and HSL 173°, 34%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#9BCEC8#9BCEC8
HEX#9BCEC8
RGBrgb(155, 206, 200)
RGB (0–1)0.6078, 0.8078, 0.7843
RGB percentages60.8%, 80.8%, 78.4%
HSLhsl(172.9, 34.2%, 70.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(172.9, 24.8%, 80.8%)
CMYK24.8%, 0%, 2.9%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,211,016
CSS custom property--colour: #9BCEC8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55281WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness191.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.06:1
Contrast with white1.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C3C3C3
Inverted#643137

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C9C8C8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#BFC1C9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.7 from the original
Tritanopia#8CD0CCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.1 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 text12.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 9.6Pale turquoise · ΔE 11.7Light blue · ΔE 12.3Silver · ΔE 18Light grey · ΔE 18.7Cadetblue · ΔE 18.8
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 9.63, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CE9BA1
Analogous#9BCEAE, #9BBACE
Triadic#C89BCE, #CEC89B
Split complementary#CE9BBA, #CEAE9B
Tetradic#AF9BCE, #CE9BA1, #BACE9B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DFF0EE
Lighter +10%#BDDFDB
Darker −10%#79BDB5
Darker −20%#57ACA2
Darker −30%#448C83
Darker −40%#346963
More saturated +25%#88E1D6
Less saturated −25%#AEBBBA

Channel breakdown

R155
G206
B200
Red155 (60.8%)
Green206 (80.8%)
Blue200 (78.4%)
Hue172.94°
Saturation (HSL)34.23%
Lightness70.78%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 9B · G CE · B C8

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