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Recognised as Colour

#9DD4DE

  • #9DD4DE
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#9DD4DE is a cyan with RGB values 157, 212, 222 and HSL 189°, 50%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#9DD4DE#9DD4DE
HEX#9DD4DE
RGBrgb(157, 212, 222)
RGB (0–1)0.6157, 0.8314, 0.8706
RGB percentages61.6%, 83.1%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(189.2, 49.6%, 74.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(189.2, 29.3%, 87.1%)
CMYK29.3%, 4.5%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,343,646
CSS custom property--colour: #9DD4DE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59529WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness198.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.91:1
Contrast with white1.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.91:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C9C9C9
Inverted#622B21

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CBD0DFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#BFC7DEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.3 from the original
Tritanopia#87D9D7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.63:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 5Powder blue · ΔE 5.4Pale turquoise · ΔE 10.4Sky blue · ΔE 10.9Light steelblue · ΔE 15.1Light skyblue · ΔE 18.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 5, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DEA79D
Analogous#9DDEC8, #9DB3DE
Triadic#DE9DD4, #D4DE9D
Split complementary#DE9DB3, #DEC89D
Tetradic#C89DDE, #DEA79D, #B4DE9D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E9F5F8
Lighter +10%#C3E5EB
Darker −10%#77C3D1
Darker −20%#51B3C4
Darker −30%#3998A9
Darker −40%#2C7683
More saturated +25%#8DDFEE
Less saturated −25%#ADC9CE

Channel breakdown

R157
G212
B222
Red157 (61.6%)
Green212 (83.1%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue189.23°
Saturation (HSL)49.62%
Lightness74.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9D · G D4 · B DE

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