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Recognised as Colour

#9EC5C8

  • #9EC5C8
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#9EC5C8 is a cyan with RGB values 158, 197, 200 and HSL 184°, 28%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#9EC5C8#9EC5C8
HEX#9EC5C8
RGBrgb(158, 197, 200)
RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.7725, 0.7843
RGB percentages62%, 77.3%, 78.4%
HSLhsl(184.3, 27.6%, 70.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(184.3, 21%, 78.4%)
CMYK21%, 1.5%, 0%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,405,320
CSS custom property--colour: #9EC5C8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51372WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness186.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.27:1
Contrast with white1.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BDBDBD
Inverted#613A37

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BFC1C8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#B7BBC8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.5 from the original
Tritanopia#91C8C6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.86:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 9.1Powder blue · ΔE 9.7Silver · ΔE 13.5Light steelblue · ΔE 14.5Pale turquoise · ΔE 15.1Light grey · ΔE 15.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 9.06, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C8A19E
Analogous#9EC8B6, #9EB0C8
Triadic#C89EC5, #C5C89E
Split complementary#C89EB0, #C8B69E
Tetradic#B69EC8, #C8A19E, #B0C89E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DFECED
Lighter +10%#BFD8DA
Darker −10%#7DB2B6
Darker −20%#5D9EA3
Darker −30%#4A7F83
Darker −40%#385F62
More saturated +25%#8BD5DB
Less saturated −25%#B1B5B5

Channel breakdown

R158
G197
B200
Red158 (62%)
Green197 (77.3%)
Blue200 (78.4%)
Hue184.29°
Saturation (HSL)27.63%
Lightness70.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9E · G C5 · B C8

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