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Colour

#9DDBEE

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

#9DDBEE is a cyan with RGB values 157, 219, 238 and HSL 194°, 70%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#9DDBEE#9DDBEE
HEX#9DDBEE
RGBrgb(157, 219, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.6157, 0.8588, 0.9333
RGB percentages61.6%, 85.9%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(194.1, 70.4%, 77.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(194.1, 34%, 93.3%)
CMYK34%, 8%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,345,454
CSS custom property--colour: #9DDBEE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64004WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness204.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.8:1
Contrast with white1.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CFCFCF
Inverted#622411

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CFD7EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#C2CDEEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.2 from the original
Tritanopia#80E2E1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.52:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 5.9Sky blue · ΔE 7.4Powder blue · ΔE 7.9Pale turquoise · ΔE 11.9Light skyblue · ΔE 14.2Light steelblue · ΔE 14.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 5.87, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EEB09D
Analogous#9DEED9, #9DB2EE
Triadic#EE9DDB, #DBEE9D
Split complementary#EE9DB2, #EED99D
Tetradic#D99DEE, #EEB09D, #B3EE9D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F4FBFD
Lighter +10%#C8EBF6
Darker −10%#72CBE6
Darker −20%#46BBDF
Darker −30%#24A6CE
Darker −40%#1C83A3
More saturated +25%#8FE3FC
Less saturated −25%#ABD3E0

Channel breakdown

R157
G219
B238
Red157 (61.6%)
Green219 (85.9%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue194.07°
Saturation (HSL)70.43%
Lightness77.45%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9D · G DB · B EE

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