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Recognised as Colour

#9BECEE

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

#9BECEE is a cyan with RGB values 155, 236, 238 and HSL 181°, 71%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#9BECEE#9BECEE
HEX#9BECEE
RGBrgb(155, 236, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.6078, 0.9255, 0.9333
RGB percentages60.8%, 92.5%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(181.4, 70.9%, 77.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(181.4, 34.9%, 93.3%)
CMYK34.9%, 0.8%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,218,734
CSS custom property--colour: #9BECEE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73133WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness215.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.63:1
Contrast with white1.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DBDBDB
Inverted#641311

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E2E5EEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#D2D9EFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.2 from the original
Tritanopia#7AF1ECno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.34:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 5.3Powder blue · ΔE 10.3Light blue · ΔE 14.3Medium turquoise · ΔE 17.6Light cyan · ΔE 17.8Sky blue · ΔE 18.1
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 5.3, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EE9D9B
Analogous#9BEEC6, #9BC3EE
Triadic#EE9BEC, #ECEE9B
Split complementary#EE9BC3, #EEC69B
Tetradic#C69BEE, #EE9D9B, #C3EE9B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F2FDFD
Lighter +10%#C7F4F5
Darker −10%#6FE4E7
Darker −20%#44DBDF
Darker −30%#23C9CD
Darker −40%#1B9EA2
More saturated +25%#8CFAFD
Less saturated −25%#AADEDF

Channel breakdown

R155
G236
B238
Red155 (60.8%)
Green236 (92.5%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue181.45°
Saturation (HSL)70.94%
Lightness77.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9B · G EC · B EE

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