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Recognised as Colour

#9CD7BC

  • #9CD7BC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Dark seagreen

#9CD7BC is a cyan with RGB values 156, 215, 188 and HSL 153°, 42%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark seagreen.

Colour values

#9CD7BC#9CD7BC
HEX#9CD7BC
RGBrgb(156, 215, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.6118, 0.8431, 0.7373
RGB percentages61.2%, 84.3%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(152.5, 42.4%, 72.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(152.5, 27.4%, 84.3%)
CMYK27.4%, 0%, 12.6%, 15.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,278,844
CSS custom property--colour: #9CD7BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.593WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness196.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.86:1
Contrast with white1.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C9C9C9
Inverted#632843

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D5CFBBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#CAC7BEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24 from the original
Tritanopia#8FD7CFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.63:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark seagreen · ΔE 14.3Medium aquamarine · ΔE 15.1Pale turquoise · ΔE 16.9Powder blue · ΔE 19Medium turquoise · ΔE 20.8Turquoise · ΔE 22.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark seagreen (#8FBC8F)ΔE 14.28, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D79CB7
Analogous#9CD79F, #9CD4D7
Triadic#BC9CD7, #D7BC9C
Split complementary#D79CD4, #D79F9C
Tetradic#9F9CD7, #D79CB7, #D4D79C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E5F4ED
Lighter +10%#C0E6D5
Darker −10%#78C8A3
Darker −20%#53BA8B
Darker −30%#3F9B71
Darker −40%#307757
More saturated +25%#8BE8BD
Less saturated −25%#ADC6BB

Channel breakdown

R156
G215
B188
Red156 (61.2%)
Green215 (84.3%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue152.54°
Saturation (HSL)42.45%
Lightness72.75%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 9C · G D7 · B BC

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