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Recognised as Colour

#9DD3D4

  • #9DD3D4
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#9DD3D4 is a cyan with RGB values 157, 211, 212 and HSL 181°, 39%, 72%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#9DD3D4#9DD3D4
HEX#9DD3D4
RGBrgb(157, 211, 212)
RGB (0–1)0.6157, 0.8275, 0.8314
RGB percentages61.6%, 82.7%, 83.1%
HSLhsl(181.1, 39%, 72.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(181.1, 25.9%, 83.1%)
CMYK25.9%, 0.5%, 0%, 16.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,343,380
CSS custom property--colour: #9DD3D4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5851WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness196.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.7:1
Contrast with white1.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C8C8C8
Inverted#622C2B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CCCED4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#C1C6D4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.1 from the original
Tritanopia#8AD7D3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.65:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 6.2Light blue · ΔE 8.6Pale turquoise · ΔE 9.4Sky blue · ΔE 15.4Light steelblue · ΔE 18.4Silver · ΔE 18.4
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 6.2, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D49E9D
Analogous#9DD4BA, #9DB8D4
Triadic#D49DD3, #D3D49D
Split complementary#D49DB8, #D4BA9D
Tetradic#BA9DD4, #D49E9D, #B8D49D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E4F3F3
Lighter +10%#C0E3E4
Darker −10%#7AC3C4
Darker −20%#56B3B5
Darker −30%#429596
Darker −40%#327273
More saturated +25%#8BE4E6
Less saturated −25%#AFC2C2

Channel breakdown

R157
G211
B212
Red157 (61.6%)
Green211 (82.7%)
Blue212 (83.1%)
Hue181.09°
Saturation (HSL)39.01%
Lightness72.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9D · G D3 · B D4

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