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Recognised as Colour

#9DCBDD

  • #9DCBDD
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#9DCBDD is a cyan with RGB values 157, 203, 221 and HSL 197°, 48%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#9DCBDD#9DCBDD
HEX#9DCBDD
RGBrgb(157, 203, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.6157, 0.7961, 0.8667
RGB percentages61.6%, 79.6%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(196.9, 48.5%, 74.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(196.9, 29%, 86.7%)
CMYK29%, 8.1%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,341,341
CSS custom property--colour: #9DCBDD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.551WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness192.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.02:1
Contrast with white1.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C3C3C3
Inverted#623422

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C1C8DEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#B7C1DDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.3 from the original
Tritanopia#89D1D1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.75:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 5.3Sky blue · ΔE 8.4Powder blue · ΔE 9.7Light steelblue · ΔE 9.7Light skyblue · ΔE 14.7Pale turquoise · ΔE 15.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 5.27, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DDAF9D
Analogous#9DDDCF, #9DABDD
Triadic#DD9DCB, #CBDD9D
Split complementary#DD9DAB, #DDCF9D
Tetradic#CF9DDD, #DDAF9D, #ABDD9D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E9F3F7
Lighter +10%#C3DFEA
Darker −10%#77B7D0
Darker −20%#51A3C3
Darker −30%#3A88A7
Darker −40%#2D6981
More saturated +25%#8DD2EE
Less saturated −25%#AEC4CD

Channel breakdown

R157
G203
B221
Red157 (61.6%)
Green203 (79.6%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue196.88°
Saturation (HSL)48.48%
Lightness74.12%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9D · G CB · B DD

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