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Recognised as Colour

#9EC8BF

  • #9EC8BF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#9EC8BF is a cyan with RGB values 158, 200, 191 and HSL 167°, 28%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#9EC8BF#9EC8BF
HEX#9EC8BF
RGBrgb(158, 200, 191)
RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.7843, 0.749
RGB percentages62%, 78.4%, 74.9%
HSLhsl(167.1, 27.6%, 70.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(167.1, 21%, 78.4%)
CMYK21%, 0%, 4.5%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,406,079
CSS custom property--colour: #9EC8BF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52339WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness187.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.47:1
Contrast with white1.83:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.47:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BEBEBE
Inverted#613740

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C4C3BFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#BCBDC0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16 from the original
Tritanopia#93CAC5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.4 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 text11.47:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 11.9Light blue · ΔE 13.9Pale turquoise · ΔE 14.6Silver · ΔE 15.7Light grey · ΔE 17.2Dark grey · ΔE 17.7
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 11.85, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C89EA7
Analogous#9EC8AA, #9EBCC8
Triadic#BF9EC8, #C8BF9E
Split complementary#C89EBC, #C8AA9E
Tetradic#AA9EC8, #C89EA7, #BCC89E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DFEDEA
Lighter +10%#BFDAD4
Darker −10%#7DB6AA
Darker −20%#5DA394
Darker −30%#4A8377
Darker −40%#386259
More saturated +25%#8BDBCA
Less saturated −25%#B1B5B4

Channel breakdown

R158
G200
B191
Red158 (62%)
Green200 (78.4%)
Blue191 (74.9%)
Hue167.14°
Saturation (HSL)27.63%
Lightness70.2%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 9E · G C8 · B BF

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