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Recognised as Colour

#9BDFF5

  • #9BDFF5
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#9BDFF5 is a cyan with RGB values 155, 223, 245 and HSL 195°, 82%, 78%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#9BDFF5#9BDFF5
HEX#9BDFF5
RGBrgb(155, 223, 245)
RGB (0–1)0.6078, 0.8745, 0.9608
RGB percentages60.8%, 87.5%, 96.1%
HSLhsl(194.7, 81.8%, 78.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(194.7, 36.7%, 96.1%)
CMYK36.7%, 9%, 0%, 3.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,215,413
CSS custom property--colour: #9BDFF5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.66336WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness207.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.27:1
Contrast with white1.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D2D2D2
Inverted#64200A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D1DBF6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#C3D0F5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.4 from the original
Tritanopia#79E7E6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.47:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 7.1Light blue · ΔE 8Powder blue · ΔE 9.7Pale turquoise · ΔE 12.7Light skyblue · ΔE 13.3Light steelblue · ΔE 16.3
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 7.15, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F5B19B
Analogous#9BF5DE, #9BB2F5
Triadic#F59BDF, #DFF59B
Split complementary#F59BB2, #F5DE9B
Tetradic#DE9BF5, #F5B19B, #B2F59B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F8FDFE
Lighter +10%#C9EEFA
Darker −10%#6DD0F0
Darker −20%#3EC1EC
Darker −30%#16AFE1
Darker −40%#128BB2
More saturated +25%#91E4FF
Less saturated −25%#A9D8E7

Channel breakdown

R155
G223
B245
Red155 (60.8%)
Green223 (87.5%)
Blue245 (96.1%)
Hue194.67°
Saturation (HSL)81.82%
Lightness78.43%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9B · G DF · B F5

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