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Recognised as Colour

#9DCCCD

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

#9DCCCD is a cyan with RGB values 157, 204, 205 and HSL 181°, 32%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#9DCCCD#9DCCCD
HEX#9DCCCD
RGBrgb(157, 204, 205)
RGB (0–1)0.6157, 0.8, 0.8039
RGB percentages61.6%, 80%, 80.4%
HSLhsl(181.2, 32.4%, 71%)
HSV / HSBhsv(181.2, 23.4%, 80.4%)
CMYK23.4%, 0.5%, 0%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,341,581
CSS custom property--colour: #9DCCCD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54762WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness191.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.95:1
Contrast with white1.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.95:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2
Inverted#623332

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C6C7CDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#BCC0CDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.3 from the original
Tritanopia#8DCFCCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.4 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 text11.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 7.7Light blue · ΔE 8.8Pale turquoise · ΔE 12.1Sky blue · ΔE 15.8Silver · ΔE 16.1Light steelblue · ΔE 16.8
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 7.7, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CD9E9D
Analogous#9DCDB6, #9DB4CD
Triadic#CD9DCC, #CCCD9D
Split complementary#CD9DB4, #CDB69D
Tetradic#B69DCD, #CD9E9D, #B4CD9D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E1EFEF
Lighter +10%#BFDEDE
Darker −10%#7BBABC
Darker −20%#59A9AB
Darker −30%#47898A
Darker −40%#356869
More saturated +25%#8BDEE0
Less saturated −25%#B0BABB

Channel breakdown

R157
G204
B205
Red157 (61.6%)
Green204 (80%)
Blue205 (80.4%)
Hue181.25°
Saturation (HSL)32.43%
Lightness70.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9D · G CC · B CD

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