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Recognised as Colour

#9EC8CD

  • #9EC8CD
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#9EC8CD is a cyan with RGB values 158, 200, 205 and HSL 186°, 32%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#9EC8CD#9EC8CD
HEX#9EC8CD
RGBrgb(158, 200, 205)
RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.7843, 0.8039
RGB percentages62%, 78.4%, 80.4%
HSLhsl(186.4, 32%, 71.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(186.4, 22.9%, 80.4%)
CMYK22.9%, 2.4%, 0%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,406,093
CSS custom property--colour: #9EC8CD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52985WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness189 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.6:1
Contrast with white1.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BFBFBF
Inverted#613732

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C1C4CDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#B9BECDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14 from the original
Tritanopia#8FCCC9no 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 text1.81:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 7.6Powder blue · ΔE 8.4Light steelblue · ΔE 14Pale turquoise · ΔE 14.1Sky blue · ΔE 14.5Silver · ΔE 14.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 7.63, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CDA39E
Analogous#9ECDBA, #9EB1CD
Triadic#CD9EC8, #C8CD9E
Split complementary#CD9EB1, #CDBB9E
Tetradic#BA9ECD, #CDA39E, #B0CD9E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E1EEF0
Lighter +10%#C0DBDE
Darker −10%#7CB5BC
Darker −20%#5BA2AA
Darker −30%#47838B
Darker −40%#366469
More saturated +25%#8CD6DF
Less saturated −25%#B0BABB

Channel breakdown

R158
G200
B205
Red158 (62%)
Green200 (78.4%)
Blue205 (80.4%)
Hue186.38°
Saturation (HSL)31.97%
Lightness71.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9E · G C8 · B CD

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