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Recognised as Colour

#9BD9CE

  • #9BD9CE
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#9BD9CE is a cyan with RGB values 155, 217, 206 and HSL 169°, 45%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#9BD9CE#9BD9CE
HEX#9BD9CE
RGBrgb(155, 217, 206)
RGB (0–1)0.6078, 0.851, 0.8078
RGB percentages60.8%, 85.1%, 80.8%
HSLhsl(169.4, 44.9%, 72.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(169.4, 28.6%, 85.1%)
CMYK28.6%, 0%, 5.1%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,213,838
CSS custom property--colour: #9BD9CE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61051WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness199.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.21:1
Contrast with white1.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CBCBCB
Inverted#642631

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D3D2CEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#C8CACFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.3 from the original
Tritanopia#88DBD5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.59:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 9.7Powder blue · ΔE 11.2Light blue · ΔE 15.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 18Light cyan · ΔE 19.7Medium aquamarine · ΔE 20
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 9.7, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D99BA6
Analogous#9BD9AF, #9BC5D9
Triadic#CE9BD9, #D9CE9B
Split complementary#D99BC5, #D9AF9B
Tetradic#AF9BD9, #D99BA6, #C5D99B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E5F5F2
Lighter +10%#C0E7E0
Darker −10%#76CBBC
Darker −20%#51BDAA
Darker −30%#3C9F8D
Darker −40%#2E7A6C
More saturated +25%#8AEAD9
Less saturated −25%#ACC8C3

Channel breakdown

R155
G217
B206
Red155 (60.8%)
Green217 (85.1%)
Blue206 (80.8%)
Hue169.35°
Saturation (HSL)44.93%
Lightness72.94%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 9B · G D9 · B CE

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