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Recognised as Colour

#9DB7C0

  • #9DB7C0
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#9DB7C0 is a cyan with RGB values 157, 183, 192 and HSL 195°, 22%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#9DB7C0#9DB7C0
HEX#9DB7C0
RGBrgb(157, 183, 192)
RGB (0–1)0.6157, 0.7176, 0.7529
RGB percentages61.6%, 71.8%, 75.3%
HSLhsl(195.4, 21.7%, 68.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(195.4, 18.2%, 75.3%)
CMYK18.2%, 4.7%, 0%, 24.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,336,192
CSS custom property--colour: #9DB7C0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44841WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness176.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.97:1
Contrast with white2.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.97:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B2B2B2
Inverted#62483F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B1B5C1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8 from the original
Deuteranopia#ACB1C0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.2 from the original
Tritanopia#93BABAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.9 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 text9.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 10.8Light steelblue · ΔE 11.1Silver · ΔE 11.3Light blue · ΔE 12.4Powder blue · ΔE 15.2Light grey · ΔE 15.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 10.82, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C0A69D
Analogous#9DC0B8, #9DA5C0
Triadic#C09DB7, #B7C09D
Split complementary#C09DA6, #C0B89D
Tetradic#B89DC0, #C0A69D, #A6C09D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FAFBFC
Lighter +20%#DBE5E8
Lighter +10%#BCCED4
Darker −10%#7EA0AC
Darker −20%#618996
Darker −30%#4D6C77
Darker −40%#395058
More saturated +25%#89C1D4
Less saturated −25%#AFAFAF

Channel breakdown

R157
G183
B192
Red157 (61.6%)
Green183 (71.8%)
Blue192 (75.3%)
Hue195.43°
Saturation (HSL)21.74%
Lightness68.43%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9D · G B7 · B C0

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