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Recognised as Colour

#9DB9BC

  • #9DB9BC
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#9DB9BC is a cyan with RGB values 157, 185, 188 and HSL 186°, 19%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#9DB9BC#9DB9BC
HEX#9DB9BC
RGBrgb(157, 185, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.6157, 0.7255, 0.7373
RGB percentages61.6%, 72.5%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(185.8, 18.8%, 67.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(185.8, 16.5%, 73.7%)
CMYK16.5%, 1.6%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,336,700
CSS custom property--colour: #9DB9BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45497WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness177.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.1:1
Contrast with white2.08:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.1:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B3B3B3
Inverted#624643

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B4B6BCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#AFB2BCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.8 from the original
Tritanopia#94BBBAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.08:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.1:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 10.8Silver · ΔE 11Light blue · ΔE 12.7Light steelblue · ΔE 14Powder blue · ΔE 14.3Light grey · ΔE 15.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 10.78, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BCA09D
Analogous#9DBCB0, #9DA9BC
Triadic#BC9DB9, #B9BC9D
Split complementary#BC9DAA, #BCB09D
Tetradic#B09DBC, #BCA09D, #A9BC9D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F8FAFA
Lighter +20%#DAE4E5
Lighter +10%#BBCFD1
Darker −10%#7FA3A7
Darker −20%#638C90
Darker −30%#4E6F72
Darker −40%#395154
More saturated +25%#88CAD1
Less saturated −25%#ADADAD

Channel breakdown

R157
G185
B188
Red157 (61.6%)
Green185 (72.5%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue185.81°
Saturation (HSL)18.79%
Lightness67.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9D · G B9 · B BC

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