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Recognised as Colour

#9CD7EC

  • #9CD7EC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#9CD7EC is a cyan with RGB values 156, 215, 236 and HSL 196°, 68%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#9CD7EC#9CD7EC
HEX#9CD7EC
RGBrgb(156, 215, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.6118, 0.8431, 0.9255
RGB percentages61.2%, 84.3%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(195.8, 67.8%, 76.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(195.8, 33.9%, 92.5%)
CMYK33.9%, 8.9%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,278,892
CSS custom property--colour: #9CD7EC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61725WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness201.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.34:1
Contrast with white1.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.34:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CCCCCC
Inverted#632813

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CBD4EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#BECAECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.9 from the original
Tritanopia#80DEDDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.57:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.34:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 5.8Sky blue · ΔE 6.2Powder blue · ΔE 9Light skyblue · ΔE 12.9Light steelblue · ΔE 13.3Pale turquoise · ΔE 13.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 5.75, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ECB19C
Analogous#9CECD9, #9CAFEC
Triadic#EC9CD7, #D7EC9C
Split complementary#EC9CAF, #ECD99C
Tetradic#D99CEC, #ECB19C, #AFEC9C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F2FAFC
Lighter +10%#C7E8F4
Darker −10%#71C6E4
Darker −20%#46B4DC
Darker −30%#269EC9
Darker −40%#1E7C9E
More saturated +25%#8DDEFB
Less saturated −25%#ABD0DD

Channel breakdown

R156
G215
B236
Red156 (61.2%)
Green215 (84.3%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue195.75°
Saturation (HSL)67.8%
Lightness76.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9C · G D7 · B EC

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