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Recognised as Colour

#9BDEE6

  • #9BDEE6
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#9BDEE6 is a cyan with RGB values 155, 222, 230 and HSL 186°, 60%, 75%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#9BDEE6#9BDEE6
HEX#9BDEE6
RGBrgb(155, 222, 230)
RGB (0–1)0.6078, 0.8706, 0.902
RGB percentages60.8%, 87.1%, 90.2%
HSLhsl(186.4, 60%, 75.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(186.4, 32.6%, 90.2%)
CMYK32.6%, 3.5%, 0%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,215,142
CSS custom property--colour: #9BDEE6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64924WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness205.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.98:1
Contrast with white1.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.98:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D0D0D0
Inverted#642119

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D4D9E7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#C7CEE6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.5 from the original
Tritanopia#7FE3E0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.5:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 5.9Pale turquoise · ΔE 7.1Light blue · ΔE 8.2Sky blue · ΔE 12.6Light cyan · ΔE 17.8Light steelblue · ΔE 19.3
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 5.85, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E6A39B
Analogous#9BE6C8, #9BB9E6
Triadic#E69BDE, #DEE69B
Split complementary#E69BB9, #E6C89B
Tetradic#C89BE6, #E6A39B, #B9E69B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EDF9FA
Lighter +10%#C4EBF0
Darker −10%#72D1DC
Darker −20%#49C3D2
Darker −30%#2EABBA
Darker −40%#248591
More saturated +25%#8BEAF6
Less saturated −25%#ABD2D6

Channel breakdown

R155
G222
B230
Red155 (60.8%)
Green222 (87.1%)
Blue230 (90.2%)
Hue186.4°
Saturation (HSL)60%
Lightness75.49%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9B · G DE · B E6

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