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Recognised as Colour

#9CC7CC

  • #9CC7CC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#9CC7CC is a cyan with RGB values 156, 199, 204 and HSL 186°, 32%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#9CC7CC#9CC7CC
HEX#9CC7CC
RGBrgb(156, 199, 204)
RGB (0–1)0.6118, 0.7804, 0.8
RGB percentages61.2%, 78%, 80%
HSLhsl(186.3, 32%, 70.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(186.3, 23.5%, 80%)
CMYK23.5%, 2.5%, 0%, 20%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,274,764
CSS custom property--colour: #9CC7CC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52274WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness187.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.45:1
Contrast with white1.83:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.45:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BEBEBE
Inverted#633833

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C0C3CCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#B7BCCCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.5 from the original
Tritanopia#8DCBC8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.83:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.45:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 8Powder blue · ΔE 8.8Light steelblue · ΔE 14.3Pale turquoise · ΔE 14.3Sky blue · ΔE 14.4Silver · ΔE 14.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 7.98, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CCA19C
Analogous#9CCCB9, #9CAFCC
Triadic#CC9CC7, #C7CC9C
Split complementary#CC9CAF, #CCB99C
Tetradic#B99CCC, #CCA19C, #AFCC9C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DFEDEF
Lighter +10%#BEDADD
Darker −10%#7AB4BB
Darker −20%#59A1A9
Darker −30%#468289
Darker −40%#356267
More saturated +25%#89D6DF
Less saturated −25%#AFB8B9

Channel breakdown

R156
G199
B204
Red156 (61.2%)
Green199 (78%)
Blue204 (80%)
Hue186.25°
Saturation (HSL)32%
Lightness70.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9C · G C7 · B CC

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