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Recognised as Colour

#9DDDCF

  • #9DDDCF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#9DDDCF is a cyan with RGB values 157, 221, 207 and HSL 167°, 48%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#9DDDCF#9DDDCF
HEX#9DDDCF
RGBrgb(157, 221, 207)
RGB (0–1)0.6157, 0.8667, 0.8118
RGB percentages61.6%, 86.7%, 81.2%
HSLhsl(166.9, 48.5%, 74.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(166.9, 29%, 86.7%)
CMYK29%, 0%, 6.3%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,345,935
CSS custom property--colour: #9DDDCF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.63386WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness202.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.68:1
Contrast with white1.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.68:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CECECE
Inverted#622230

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D8D6CEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#CCCDD0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.5 from the original
Tritanopia#8BDFD9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.6 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 text13.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 10Powder blue · ΔE 12.6Light blue · ΔE 17Medium turquoise · ΔE 18Medium aquamarine · ΔE 18.9Light cyan · ΔE 19.8
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 9.97, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DD9DAB
Analogous#9DDDAF, #9DCBDD
Triadic#CF9DDD, #DDCF9D
Split complementary#DD9DCB, #DDAF9D
Tetradic#AF9DDD, #DD9DAB, #CBDD9D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E9F7F4
Lighter +10%#C3EAE2
Darker −10%#77D0BC
Darker −20%#51C3AA
Darker −30%#3AA78F
Darker −40%#2D816F
More saturated +25%#8DEED8
Less saturated −25%#AECDC6

Channel breakdown

R157
G221
B207
Red157 (61.6%)
Green221 (86.7%)
Blue207 (81.2%)
Hue166.88°
Saturation (HSL)48.48%
Lightness74.12%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 9D · G DD · B CF

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