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Recognised as Colour

#9CD2DD

  • #9CD2DD
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#9CD2DD is a cyan with RGB values 156, 210, 221 and HSL 190°, 49%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#9CD2DD#9CD2DD
HEX#9CD2DD
RGBrgb(156, 210, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.6118, 0.8235, 0.8667
RGB percentages61.2%, 82.4%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(190.2, 48.9%, 73.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(190.2, 29.4%, 86.7%)
CMYK29.4%, 5%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,277,597
CSS custom property--colour: #9CD2DD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58382WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness196.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.68:1
Contrast with white1.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.68:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C7C7C7
Inverted#632D22

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C9CEDEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#BEC5DDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.3 from the original
Tritanopia#86D7D5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.66:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 4.9Powder blue · ΔE 6.1Sky blue · ΔE 10.4Pale turquoise · ΔE 11.3Light steelblue · ΔE 14.3Light skyblue · ΔE 17.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 4.85, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DDA79C
Analogous#9CDDC8, #9CB1DD
Triadic#DD9CD2, #D2DD9C
Split complementary#DD9CB2, #DDC89C
Tetradic#C89CDD, #DDA79C, #B2DD9C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E8F5F7
Lighter +10%#C2E3EA
Darker −10%#76C1D0
Darker −20%#50AFC3
Darker −30%#3994A7
Darker −40%#2C7281
More saturated +25%#8BDDEE
Less saturated −25%#ADC7CC

Channel breakdown

R156
G210
B221
Red156 (61.2%)
Green210 (82.4%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue190.15°
Saturation (HSL)48.87%
Lightness73.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9C · G D2 · B DD

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