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Recognised as Colour

#9CDAD2

  • #9CDAD2
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#9CDAD2 is a cyan with RGB values 156, 218, 210 and HSL 172°, 46%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#9CDAD2#9CDAD2
HEX#9CDAD2
RGBrgb(156, 218, 210)
RGB (0–1)0.6118, 0.8549, 0.8235
RGB percentages61.2%, 85.5%, 82.4%
HSLhsl(172.3, 45.6%, 73.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(172.3, 28.4%, 85.5%)
CMYK28.4%, 0%, 3.7%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,279,634
CSS custom property--colour: #9CDAD2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61864WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness200.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.37:1
Contrast with white1.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.37:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CCCCCC
Inverted#63252D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D4D3D2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#C8CBD3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.9 from the original
Tritanopia#89DDD7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.2 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 text13.37:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 8.4Powder blue · ΔE 9.7Light blue · ΔE 13.8Medium turquoise · ΔE 18.1Light cyan · ΔE 18.9Sky blue · ΔE 20.3
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 8.42, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DA9CA4
Analogous#9CDAB3, #9CC3DA
Triadic#D29CDA, #DAD29C
Split complementary#DA9CC3, #DAB39C
Tetradic#B39CDA, #DA9CA4, #C3DA9C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E6F6F4
Lighter +10%#C1E8E3
Darker −10%#77CCC1
Darker −20%#52BEB0
Darker −30%#3CA194
Darker −40%#2E7C72
More saturated +25%#8BEBDF
Less saturated −25%#ADC9C5

Channel breakdown

R156
G218
B210
Red156 (61.2%)
Green218 (85.5%)
Blue210 (82.4%)
Hue172.26°
Saturation (HSL)45.59%
Lightness73.33%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 9C · G DA · B D2

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