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Recognised as Colour

#9BDDEC

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

#9BDDEC is a cyan with RGB values 155, 221, 236 and HSL 191°, 68%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#9BDDEC#9BDDEC
HEX#9BDDEC
RGBrgb(155, 221, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.6078, 0.8667, 0.9255
RGB percentages60.8%, 86.7%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(191.1, 68.1%, 76.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(191.1, 34.3%, 92.5%)
CMYK34.3%, 6.4%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,214,892
CSS custom property--colour: #9BDDEC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64738WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness205.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.95:1
Contrast with white1.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.95:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D0D0D0
Inverted#642213

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D1D8EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#C4CEECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.9 from the original
Tritanopia#7DE3E1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.51:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 6.7Powder blue · ΔE 6.9Sky blue · ΔE 9.2Pale turquoise · ΔE 9.8Light skyblue · ΔE 16.5Light steelblue · ΔE 16.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 6.72, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ECAA9B
Analogous#9BECD2, #9BB5EC
Triadic#EC9BDD, #DDEC9B
Split complementary#EC9BB4, #ECD29B
Tetradic#D29BEC, #ECAA9B, #B5EC9B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F1FAFC
Lighter +10%#C6ECF4
Darker −10%#70CEE4
Darker −20%#45C0DC
Darker −30%#26AAC8
Darker −40%#1E869D
More saturated +25%#8CE6FB
Less saturated −25%#AAD4DD

Channel breakdown

R155
G221
B236
Red155 (60.8%)
Green221 (86.7%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue191.11°
Saturation (HSL)68.07%
Lightness76.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9B · G DD · B EC

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