Recognised as Colour

#9BECD4

#9BECD4
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Pale turquoise

#9BECD4 is a cyan with RGB values 155, 236, 212 and HSL 162°, 68%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

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HEX#9BECD4

RGBrgb(155, 236, 212)

RGB (0–1)0.6078, 0.9255, 0.8314

RGB percentages60.8%, 92.5%, 83.1%

HSLhsl(162.2, 68.1%, 76.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(162.2, 34.3%, 92.5%)

CMYK34.3%, 0%, 10.2%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,218,708

CSS custom property--colour: #9BECD4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71713WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness212.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.34:1

Contrast with white1.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.34:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9

Inverted#64132B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E7E2D3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#D9D8D6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30 from the original

Tritanopia#84EEE5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.37:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.34:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 14.6 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 15.5 Aquamarine · ΔE 17.2 Turquoise · ΔE 17.5 Medium turquoise · ΔE 18 Powder blue · ΔE 19.8

Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 14.64, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#EC9BB3

Analogous#9BECAB, #9BDCEC

Triadic#D49BEC, #ECD49B

Split complementary#EC9BDC, #ECAB9B

Tetradic#AB9BEC, #EC9BB3, #DBEC9B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F1FCF9

Lighter +10%#C6F4E6

Darker −10%#70E4C2

Darker −20%#45DCAF

Darker −30%#26C898

Darker −40%#1E9D77

More saturated +25%#8CFBDA

Less saturated −25%#AADDCE

Channel breakdown

R155

G236

B212

Red155 (60.8%)

Green236 (92.5%)

Blue212 (83.1%)

Hue162.22°

Saturation (HSL)68.07%

Lightness76.67%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 9B · G EC · B D4

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