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Recognised as Colour

#9EC9CE

  • #9EC9CE
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#9EC9CE is a cyan with RGB values 158, 201, 206 and HSL 186°, 33%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#9EC9CE#9EC9CE
HEX#9EC9CE
RGBrgb(158, 201, 206)
RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.7882, 0.8078
RGB percentages62%, 78.8%, 80.8%
HSLhsl(186.3, 32.9%, 71.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(186.3, 23.3%, 80.8%)
CMYK23.3%, 2.4%, 0%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,406,350
CSS custom property--colour: #9EC9CE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53499WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness189.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.7:1
Contrast with white1.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C0C0C0
Inverted#613631

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C2C5CEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#B9BECEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.5 from the original
Tritanopia#8FCDCAno 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 text1.79:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 7.4Powder blue · ΔE 8.1Pale turquoise · ΔE 13.7Light steelblue · ΔE 14.2Sky blue · ΔE 14.3Silver · ΔE 14.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 7.42, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CEA39E
Analogous#9ECEBB, #9EB1CE
Triadic#CE9EC9, #C9CE9E
Split complementary#CE9EB1, #CEBB9E
Tetradic#BB9ECE, #CEA39E, #B1CE9E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E2EFF0
Lighter +10%#C0DCDF
Darker −10%#7CB6BD
Darker −20%#5AA3AC
Darker −30%#47858C
Darker −40%#36656A
More saturated +25%#8CD7E0
Less saturated −25%#B0BBBC

Channel breakdown

R158
G201
B206
Red158 (62%)
Green201 (78.8%)
Blue206 (80.8%)
Hue186.25°
Saturation (HSL)32.88%
Lightness71.37%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9E · G C9 · B CE

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