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Recognised as Colour

#9EC7CD

  • #9EC7CD
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#9EC7CD is a cyan with RGB values 158, 199, 205 and HSL 188°, 32%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#9EC7CD#9EC7CD
HEX#9EC7CD
RGBrgb(158, 199, 205)
RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.7804, 0.8039
RGB percentages62%, 78%, 80.4%
HSLhsl(187.7, 32%, 71.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(187.7, 22.9%, 80.4%)
CMYK22.9%, 2.9%, 0%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,405,837
CSS custom property--colour: #9EC7CD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52524WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness188.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.5:1
Contrast with white1.83:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BFBFBF
Inverted#613832

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C0C3CDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#B8BDCDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.7 from the original
Tritanopia#8FCBC9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.83:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 7.5Powder blue · ΔE 8.8Light steelblue · ΔE 13.4Sky blue · ΔE 14.2Silver · ΔE 14.3Pale turquoise · ΔE 14.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 7.52, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CDA49E
Analogous#9ECDBB, #9EB0CD
Triadic#CD9EC7, #C7CD9E
Split complementary#CD9EB0, #CDBB9E
Tetradic#BB9ECD, #CDA49E, #AFCD9E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E1EEF0
Lighter +10%#C0DADE
Darker −10%#7CB4BC
Darker −20%#5BA0AA
Darker −30%#47828B
Darker −40%#366269
More saturated +25%#8CD5DF
Less saturated −25%#B0B9BB

Channel breakdown

R158
G199
B205
Red158 (62%)
Green199 (78%)
Blue205 (80.4%)
Hue187.66°
Saturation (HSL)31.97%
Lightness71.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9E · G C7 · B CD

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