Recognised as Colour

#9DD5CA

#9DD5CA
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Pale turquoise

#9DD5CA is a cyan with RGB values 157, 213, 202 and HSL 168°, 40%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#9DD5CA#9DD5CA

HEX#9DD5CA

RGBrgb(157, 213, 202)

RGB (0–1)0.6157, 0.8353, 0.7922

RGB percentages61.6%, 83.5%, 79.2%

HSLhsl(168.2, 40%, 72.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(168.2, 26.3%, 83.5%)

CMYK26.3%, 0%, 5.2%, 16.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,343,882

CSS custom property--colour: #9DD5CA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59021WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness196.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.8:1

Contrast with white1.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C8C8C8

Inverted#622A35

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D0CECAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#C6C7CBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.7 from the original

Tritanopia#8DD7D2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.64:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 10.6 Powder blue · ΔE 10.9 Light blue · ΔE 14.7 Medium turquoise · ΔE 19.4 Light cyan · ΔE 19.7 Light grey · ΔE 20.5

Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 10.64, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#D59DA8

Analogous#9DD5AE, #9DC4D5

Triadic#CA9DD5, #D5CA9D

Split complementary#D59DC4, #D5AE9D

Tetradic#AE9DD5, #D59DA8, #C4D59D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#E4F4F1

Lighter +10%#C1E4DD

Darker −10%#79C6B7

Darker −20%#56B6A3

Darker −30%#419887

Darker −40%#327467

More saturated +25%#8CE7D5

Less saturated −25%#AFC4BF

Channel breakdown

R157

G213

B202

Red157 (61.6%)

Green213 (83.5%)

Blue202 (79.2%)

Hue168.21°

Saturation (HSL)40%

Lightness72.55%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 9D · G D5 · B CA

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