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Recognised as Colour

#9CECEB

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

#9CECEB is a cyan with RGB values 156, 236, 235 and HSL 179°, 68%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#9CECEB#9CECEB
HEX#9CECEB
RGBrgb(156, 236, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.6118, 0.9255, 0.9216
RGB percentages61.2%, 92.5%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(179.3, 67.8%, 76.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(179.3, 33.9%, 92.5%)
CMYK33.9%, 0%, 0.4%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,284,267
CSS custom property--colour: #9CECEB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73057WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness215.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.61:1
Contrast with white1.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DBDBDB
Inverted#631314

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E2E5EBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#D3D9ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.3 from the original
Tritanopia#7DF1EBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.35:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 5.2Powder blue · ΔE 10.7Light blue · ΔE 15Medium turquoise · ΔE 17.3Light cyan · ΔE 17.8Sky blue · ΔE 19.4
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 5.22, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EC9C9D
Analogous#9CECC3, #9CC5EC
Triadic#EB9CEC, #ECEB9C
Split complementary#EC9CC5, #ECC39C
Tetradic#C39CEC, #EC9C9D, #C5EC9C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F2FCFC
Lighter +10%#C7F4F4
Darker −10%#71E4E2
Darker −20%#46DCDA
Darker −30%#26C9C6
Darker −40%#1E9E9C
More saturated +25%#8DFBF9
Less saturated −25%#ABDDDD

Channel breakdown

R156
G236
B235
Red156 (61.2%)
Green236 (92.5%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue179.25°
Saturation (HSL)67.8%
Lightness76.86%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 9C · G EC · B EB

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