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Recognised as Colour

#9CAEAA

  • #9CAEAA
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#9CAEAA is a cyan with RGB values 156, 174, 170 and HSL 167°, 10%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#9CAEAA#9CAEAA
HEX#9CAEAA
RGBrgb(156, 174, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.6118, 0.6824, 0.6667
RGB percentages61.2%, 68.2%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(166.7, 10%, 64.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(166.7, 10.3%, 68.2%)
CMYK10.3%, 0%, 2.3%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,268,330
CSS custom property--colour: #9CAEAA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40242WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness168.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.05:1
Contrast with white2.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AAAAAA
Inverted#635155

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ACACAAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#A9A9AAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.3 from the original
Tritanopia#98AFADno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.32:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 7.1Silver · ΔE 10.7Light grey · ΔE 16.5Cadetblue · ΔE 16.9Gray · ΔE 17.5Light slate grey · ΔE 18.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 7.06, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AE9CA0
Analogous#9CAEA1, #9CA9AE
Triadic#AA9CAE, #AEAA9C
Split complementary#AE9CA9, #AEA19C
Tetradic#A19CAE, #AE9CA0, #A9AE9C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F0F3F2
Lighter +20%#D4DCDA
Lighter +10%#B8C5C2
Darker −10%#809792
Darker −20%#677D78
Darker −30%#50615D
Darker −40%#394542
More saturated +25%#85C4B6
Less saturated −25%#A5A5A5

Channel breakdown

R156
G174
B170
Red156 (61.2%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue166.67°
Saturation (HSL)10%
Lightness64.71%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 9C · G AE · B AA

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