Colour

#9CDCEE

#9CDCEE
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Light blue

#9CDCEE is a cyan with RGB values 156, 220, 238 and HSL 193°, 71%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

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HEX#9CDCEE

RGBrgb(156, 220, 238)

RGB (0–1)0.6118, 0.8627, 0.9333

RGB percentages61.2%, 86.3%, 93.3%

HSLhsl(193.2, 70.7%, 77.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(193.2, 34.5%, 93.3%)

CMYK34.5%, 7.6%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,280,174

CSS custom property--colour: #9CDCEE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64427WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness205.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.89:1

Contrast with white1.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.89:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D0D0D0

Inverted#632311

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D0D8EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#C3CEEEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.8 from the original

Tritanopia#7EE3E1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.51:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 6.3 Powder blue · ΔE 7.7 Sky blue · ΔE 7.9 Pale turquoise · ΔE 11.3 Light skyblue · ΔE 14.9 Light steelblue · ΔE 15.7

Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 6.25, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#EEAE9C

Analogous#9CEED7, #9CB3EE

Triadic#EE9CDC, #DCEE9C

Split complementary#EE9CB3, #EED79C

Tetradic#D79CEE, #EEAE9C, #B3EE9C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F3FBFD

Lighter +10%#C8EBF5

Darker −10%#70CDE7

Darker −20%#45BDDF

Darker −30%#23A8CE

Darker −40%#1C85A2

More saturated +25%#8EE4FD

Less saturated −25%#ABD4E0

Channel breakdown

R156

G220

B238

Red156 (61.2%)

Green220 (86.3%)

Blue238 (93.3%)

Hue193.17°

Saturation (HSL)70.69%

Lightness77.25%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 9C · G DC · B EE

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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