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Recognised as Colour

#9DDAE8

  • #9DDAE8
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#9DDAE8 is a cyan with RGB values 157, 218, 232 and HSL 191°, 62%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#9DDAE8#9DDAE8
HEX#9DDAE8
RGBrgb(157, 218, 232)
RGB (0–1)0.6157, 0.8549, 0.9098
RGB percentages61.6%, 85.5%, 91%
HSLhsl(191.2, 62%, 76.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(191.2, 32.3%, 91%)
CMYK32.3%, 6%, 0%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,345,192
CSS custom property--colour: #9DDAE8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.63137WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness203.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.63:1
Contrast with white1.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CECECE
Inverted#622517

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CFD6E9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#C3CCE8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.7 from the original
Tritanopia#83E0DEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.54:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 5.4Powder blue · ΔE 6Sky blue · ΔE 9.3Pale turquoise · ΔE 10Light steelblue · ΔE 15.7Light skyblue · ΔE 16.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 5.37, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E8AB9D
Analogous#9DE8D1, #9DB4E8
Triadic#E89DDA, #DAE89D
Split complementary#E89DB4, #E8D19D
Tetradic#D19DE8, #E8AB9D, #B5E89D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F0F9FB
Lighter +10%#C6EAF2
Darker −10%#74CADE
Darker −20%#4ABBD5
Darker −30%#2DA4BF
Darker −40%#238096
More saturated +25%#8EE3F7
Less saturated −25%#ACD1D9

Channel breakdown

R157
G218
B232
Red157 (61.6%)
Green218 (85.5%)
Blue232 (91%)
Hue191.2°
Saturation (HSL)61.98%
Lightness76.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9D · G DA · B E8

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