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Colour

#9EC5D8

  • #9EC5D8
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#9EC5D8 is a cyan with RGB values 158, 197, 216 and HSL 200°, 43%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#9EC5D8#9EC5D8
HEX#9EC5D8
RGBrgb(158, 197, 216)
RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.7725, 0.8471
RGB percentages62%, 77.3%, 84.7%
HSLhsl(199.7, 42.6%, 73.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199.7, 26.9%, 84.7%)
CMYK26.9%, 8.8%, 0%, 15.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,405,336
CSS custom property--colour: #9EC5D8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52159WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness188.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.43:1
Contrast with white1.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.43:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BEBEBE
Inverted#613A27

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BBC3D9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#B3BCD8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.4 from the original
Tritanopia#8CCBCBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.84:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.43:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 7.2Light steelblue · ΔE 7.6Sky blue · ΔE 10Powder blue · ΔE 11.8Light skyblue · ΔE 15.1Silver · ΔE 16.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 7.18, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D8B19E
Analogous#9ED8CE, #9EA8D8
Triadic#D89EC5, #C5D89E
Split complementary#D89EA8, #D8CE9E
Tetradic#CE9ED8, #D8B19E, #A8D89E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E7F1F5
Lighter +10%#C2DBE7
Darker −10%#7AAFC9
Darker −20%#559ABB
Darker −30%#3F7F9E
Darker −40%#316279
More saturated +25%#8DCBE9
Less saturated −25%#AFBFC7

Channel breakdown

R158
G197
B216
Red158 (62%)
Green197 (77.3%)
Blue216 (84.7%)
Hue199.66°
Saturation (HSL)42.65%
Lightness73.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9E · G C5 · B D8

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