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Recognised as Colour

#9CC0CB

  • #9CC0CB
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light blue

#9CC0CB is a cyan with RGB values 156, 192, 203 and HSL 194°, 31%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#9CC0CB#9CC0CB
HEX#9CC0CB
RGBrgb(156, 192, 203)
RGB (0–1)0.6118, 0.7529, 0.7961
RGB percentages61.2%, 75.3%, 79.6%
HSLhsl(194, 31.1%, 70.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(194, 23.2%, 79.6%)
CMYK23.2%, 5.4%, 0%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,272,971
CSS custom property--colour: #9CC0CB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.49079WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness183.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.82:1
Contrast with white1.94:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.82:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B9B9B9
Inverted#633F34

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B9BDCCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#B1B7CBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.6 from the original
Tritanopia#8EC4C3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.94:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 8.6Light steelblue · ΔE 10.5Powder blue · ΔE 11.7Sky blue · ΔE 13.4Silver · ΔE 13.7Dark grey · ΔE 14.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 8.65, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CBA79C
Analogous#9CCBBE, #9CA9CB
Triadic#CB9CC0, #C0CB9C
Split complementary#CB9CA9, #CBBE9C
Tetradic#BE9CCB, #CBA79C, #A9CB9C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DFEBEE
Lighter +10%#BDD5DD
Darker −10%#7BABB9
Darker −20%#5995A8
Darker −30%#477887
Darker −40%#355A66
More saturated +25%#89CADE
Less saturated −25%#AFB6B8

Channel breakdown

R156
G192
B203
Red156 (61.2%)
Green192 (75.3%)
Blue203 (79.6%)
Hue194.04°
Saturation (HSL)31.13%
Lightness70.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9C · G C0 · B CB

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