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Colour

#9DB7BD

  • #9DB7BD
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#9DB7BD is a cyan with RGB values 157, 183, 189 and HSL 191°, 20%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#9DB7BD#9DB7BD
HEX#9DB7BD
RGBrgb(157, 183, 189)
RGB (0–1)0.6157, 0.7176, 0.7412
RGB percentages61.6%, 71.8%, 74.1%
HSLhsl(191.3, 19.5%, 67.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(191.3, 16.9%, 74.1%)
CMYK16.9%, 3.2%, 0%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,336,189
CSS custom property--colour: #9DB7BD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44709WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness176.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.94:1
Contrast with white2.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B2B2B2
Inverted#624842

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B2B5BDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#ADB1BDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.6 from the original
Tritanopia#94BAB9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.11:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 10.3Silver · ΔE 10.9Light steelblue · ΔE 12.5Light blue · ΔE 12.8Powder blue · ΔE 15.1Light grey · ΔE 15.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 10.27, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BDA39D
Analogous#9DBDB3, #9DA7BD
Triadic#BD9DB7, #B7BD9D
Split complementary#BD9DA7, #BDB39D
Tetradic#B39DBD, #BDA39D, #A7BD9D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F8FAFB
Lighter +20%#DAE4E6
Lighter +10%#BBCDD2
Darker −10%#7FA1A8
Darker −20%#628992
Darker −30%#4E6C73
Darker −40%#395055
More saturated +25%#89C4D2
Less saturated −25%#ADADAD

Channel breakdown

R157
G183
B189
Red157 (61.6%)
Green183 (71.8%)
Blue189 (74.1%)
Hue191.25°
Saturation (HSL)19.51%
Lightness67.84%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9D · G B7 · B BD

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