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Recognised as Colour

#9CCDDB

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

#9CCDDB is a cyan with RGB values 156, 205, 219 and HSL 193°, 47%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#9CCDDB#9CCDDB
HEX#9CCDDB
RGBrgb(156, 205, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.6118, 0.8039, 0.8588
RGB percentages61.2%, 80.4%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(193.3, 46.7%, 73.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(193.3, 28.8%, 85.9%)
CMYK28.8%, 6.4%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,276,315
CSS custom property--colour: #9CCDDB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55845WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness193.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.17:1
Contrast with white1.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C4C4C4
Inverted#633224

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C3CADCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#B9C2DBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.7 from the original
Tritanopia#87D2D1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.73:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 4.7Powder blue · ΔE 7.9Sky blue · ΔE 9.4Light steelblue · ΔE 11.9Pale turquoise · ΔE 13.9Light skyblue · ΔE 16.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 4.69, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DBAA9C
Analogous#9CDBC9, #9CAEDB
Triadic#DB9CCD, #CDDB9C
Split complementary#DB9CAE, #DBC99C
Tetradic#C99CDB, #DBAA9C, #AEDB9C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E7F3F6
Lighter +10%#C1E0E9
Darker −10%#77BACD
Darker −20%#51A7C0
Darker −30%#3B8CA3
Darker −40%#2E6C7D
More saturated +25%#8BD6EC
Less saturated −25%#ADC4CA

Channel breakdown

R156
G205
B219
Red156 (61.2%)
Green205 (80.4%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue193.33°
Saturation (HSL)46.67%
Lightness73.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9C · G CD · B DB

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