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Recognised as Colour

#9DCBC8

  • #9DCBC8
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#9DCBC8 is a cyan with RGB values 157, 203, 200 and HSL 176°, 31%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#9DCBC8#9DCBC8
HEX#9DCBC8
RGBrgb(157, 203, 200)
RGB (0–1)0.6157, 0.7961, 0.7843
RGB percentages61.6%, 79.6%, 78.4%
HSLhsl(176.1, 30.7%, 70.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(176.1, 22.7%, 79.6%)
CMYK22.7%, 0%, 1.5%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,341,320
CSS custom property--colour: #9DCBC8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5405WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness190.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.81:1
Contrast with white1.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.81:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C1C1C1
Inverted#623437

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C6C6C8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#BDBFC9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17 from the original
Tritanopia#8FCECAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.78:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 9Light blue · ΔE 10.7Pale turquoise · ΔE 12.6Silver · ΔE 16Light grey · ΔE 17.1Sky blue · ΔE 17.9
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 9.03, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CB9DA0
Analogous#9DCBB1, #9DB7CB
Triadic#C89DCB, #CBC89D
Split complementary#CB9DB7, #CBB19D
Tetradic#B19DCB, #CB9DA0, #B7CB9D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E0EEED
Lighter +10%#BEDDDB
Darker −10%#7CB9B5
Darker −20%#5AA8A3
Darker −30%#488783
Darker −40%#366663
More saturated +25%#8ADED8
Less saturated −25%#B0B8B8

Channel breakdown

R157
G203
B200
Red157 (61.6%)
Green203 (79.6%)
Blue200 (78.4%)
Hue176.09°
Saturation (HSL)30.67%
Lightness70.59%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 9D · G CB · B C8

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