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Recognised as Colour

#9BCECB

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

#9BCECB is a cyan with RGB values 155, 206, 203 and HSL 176°, 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

#9BCECB#9BCECB
HEX#9BCECB
RGBrgb(155, 206, 203)
RGB (0–1)0.6078, 0.8078, 0.7961
RGB percentages60.8%, 80.8%, 79.6%
HSLhsl(176.5, 34.2%, 70.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(176.5, 24.8%, 80.8%)
CMYK24.8%, 0%, 1.5%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,211,019
CSS custom property--colour: #9BCECB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55423WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness191.8 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#643134

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C8C9CBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#BEC1CCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.3 from the original
Tritanopia#8BD1CDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.7 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

Powder blue · ΔE 8.5Light blue · ΔE 10.8Pale turquoise · ΔE 11.3Sky blue · ΔE 17.5Silver · ΔE 17.6Light grey · ΔE 18.3
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 8.54, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CE9B9E
Analogous#9BCEB2, #9BB7CE
Triadic#CB9BCE, #CECB9B
Split complementary#CE9BB7, #CEB29B
Tetradic#B29BCE, #CE9B9E, #B7CE9B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DFF0EF
Lighter +10%#BDDFDD
Darker −10%#79BDB9
Darker −20%#57ACA7
Darker −30%#448C87
Darker −40%#346966
More saturated +25%#88E1DB
Less saturated −25%#AEBBBB

Channel breakdown

R155
G206
B203
Red155 (60.8%)
Green206 (80.8%)
Blue203 (79.6%)
Hue176.47°
Saturation (HSL)34.23%
Lightness70.78%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 9B · G CE · B CB

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