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Colour

#9EC1CB

  • #9EC1CB
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light blue

#9EC1CB is a cyan with RGB values 158, 193, 203 and HSL 193°, 30%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#9EC1CB#9EC1CB
HEX#9EC1CB
RGBrgb(158, 193, 203)
RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.7569, 0.7961
RGB percentages62%, 75.7%, 79.6%
HSLhsl(193.3, 30.2%, 70.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(193.3, 22.2%, 79.6%)
CMYK22.2%, 4.9%, 0%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,404,299
CSS custom property--colour: #9EC1CB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.49721WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness184.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.94:1
Contrast with white1.92:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BABABA
Inverted#613E34

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BABECCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11 from the original
Deuteranopia#B3B9CBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11 from the original
Tritanopia#91C5C4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.92:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 8.4Light steelblue · ΔE 10.7Powder blue · ΔE 11.3Silver · ΔE 13.1Sky blue · ΔE 13.9Dark grey · ΔE 14.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 8.45, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CBA89E
Analogous#9ECBBF, #9EAACB
Triadic#CB9EC1, #C1CB9E
Split complementary#CB9EAA, #CBBF9E
Tetradic#BF9ECB, #CBA89E, #AACB9E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E0EBEF
Lighter +10%#BFD6DD
Darker −10%#7DACB9
Darker −20%#5C97A7
Darker −30%#497987
Darker −40%#375C66
More saturated +25%#8BCBDE
Less saturated −25%#B1B7B8

Channel breakdown

R158
G193
B203
Red158 (62%)
Green193 (75.7%)
Blue203 (79.6%)
Hue193.33°
Saturation (HSL)30.2%
Lightness70.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9E · G C1 · B CB

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