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Recognised as Colour

#9CD5BC

  • #9CD5BC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Dark seagreen

#9CD5BC is a cyan with RGB values 156, 213, 188 and HSL 154°, 40%, 72%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark seagreen.

Colour values

#9CD5BC#9CD5BC
HEX#9CD5BC
RGBrgb(156, 213, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.6118, 0.8353, 0.7373
RGB percentages61.2%, 83.5%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(153.7, 40.4%, 72.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(153.7, 26.8%, 83.5%)
CMYK26.8%, 0%, 11.7%, 16.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,278,332
CSS custom property--colour: #9CD5BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58287WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness194.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.66:1
Contrast with white1.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.66:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C7C7C7
Inverted#632A43

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D3CDBBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#C8C6BDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.6 from the original
Tritanopia#8FD5CEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10 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 text12.66:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark seagreen · ΔE 14.5Medium aquamarine · ΔE 15.9Pale turquoise · ΔE 16.3Powder blue · ΔE 18Medium turquoise · ΔE 20.7Light blue · ΔE 22.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark seagreen (#8FBC8F)ΔE 14.54, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D59CB5
Analogous#9CD5A0, #9CD1D5
Triadic#BC9CD5, #D5BC9C
Split complementary#D59CD1, #D5A09C
Tetradic#A09CD5, #D59CB5, #D2D59C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E4F3EC
Lighter +10%#C0E4D4
Darker −10%#78C6A4
Darker −20%#54B78C
Darker −30%#409871
Darker −40%#317457
More saturated +25%#8AE7BE
Less saturated −25%#AEC3BA

Channel breakdown

R156
G213
B188
Red156 (61.2%)
Green213 (83.5%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue153.68°
Saturation (HSL)40.43%
Lightness72.35%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 9C · G D5 · B BC

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