Colour

#9DCBD5

#9DCBD5
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Light blue

#9DCBD5 is a cyan with RGB values 157, 203, 213 and HSL 191°, 40%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

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HEX#9DCBD5

RGBrgb(157, 203, 213)

RGB (0–1)0.6157, 0.7961, 0.8353

RGB percentages61.6%, 79.6%, 83.5%

HSLhsl(190.7, 40%, 72.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(190.7, 26.3%, 83.5%)

CMYK26.3%, 4.7%, 0%, 16.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,341,333

CSS custom property--colour: #9DCBD5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54684WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness191.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.94:1

Contrast with white1.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2

Inverted#62342A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C3C7D6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#B9C0D5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.6 from the original

Tritanopia#8BD0CEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.76:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 5.5 Powder blue · ΔE 7.6 Sky blue · ΔE 11.6 Light steelblue · ΔE 12.6 Pale turquoise · ΔE 13.6 Silver · ΔE 16.2

Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 5.52, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#D5A79D

Analogous#9DD5C3, #9DAFD5

Triadic#D59DCB, #CBD59D

Split complementary#D59DAF, #D5C39D

Tetradic#C39DD5, #D5A79D, #AFD59D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#E4F1F4

Lighter +10%#C1DEE4

Darker −10%#79B8C6

Darker −20%#56A5B6

Darker −30%#418898

Darker −40%#326874

More saturated +25%#8CD6E7

Less saturated −25%#AFC0C4

Channel breakdown

R157

G203

B213

Red157 (61.6%)

Green203 (79.6%)

Blue213 (83.5%)

Hue190.71°

Saturation (HSL)40%

Lightness72.55%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 9D · G CB · B D5

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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